Ghorafi Surname
Approximately 535 people bear this surname
Ghorafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 511 | 1:67,468 | 11,380 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Ghorafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghorafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghorafi is carried by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghorafi? popularity and diffusion
Ghorafi is the 585,091st most common surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 13,621,581 people. The last name Ghorafi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ghorafi reside; 96 percent reside in North Africa and 96 percent reside in Mahgreb.
The surname is most frequent in Morocco, where it is held by 511 people, or 1 in 67,468. Excluding Morocco this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 1 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghorrafi | 93 | 7 | / |
| Gorafi | 92 | 8 | / |
| Ghorraffi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Gharafi | 86 | 369 | / |
| Gharrafi | 80 | 550 | / |
| Ghoreifi | 80 | 13 | / |
| Ghorrofi | 80 | 8 | / |
| Ghourafa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Garafi | 77 | 27 | / |
| Gurafi | 77 | 26 | / |
| Gerafi | 77 | 25 | / |
| Gorofi | 77 | 6 | / |
| Gorafy | 77 | 4 | / |
| Gorafe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gorafa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ghattrafi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gharraffi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Garaffi | 71 | 161 | / |
| Gorofui | 71 | 15 | / |
| Gorrafa | 71 | 10 | / |
| Guraffi | 71 | 9 | / |
| Gharafa | 71 | 5 | / |
| Gorefie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ghorofa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gerrafi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Goroffi | 71 | 0 | / |
| Gharrafe | 67 | 76 | / |
| Gharafeh | 67 | 18 | / |
| Garaffio | 67 | 12 | / |
| Garaufis | 67 | 9 | / |
| Goureyfi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gharaffa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gouraffy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Garaafis | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ghorafi
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