Gyarfas Surname

1,055,483rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 237 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Gyarfas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gyarfas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1191:168,72217,453
United States481:7,551,228341,161
Slovakia151:355,76348,124
Hungary131:755,09840,181
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
England21:27,859,030389,889
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

The alternate forms: Gyarfás (10), Gyarfaš (7), Gyárfás (512), Gyarfáš (4), Gyãrfãs (1) & Gyárfáš (3) are calculated separately.

Gyarfas (40) may also be a first name.

Gyarfas Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gyarfas Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Gyarfas occurs most in Romania. It may also appear as a variant: Gyarfás, Gyarfaš, Gyárfás, Gyarfáš, Gyãrfãs or Gyárfáš. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gyarfas? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,055,483rd most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 30,749,139 people. The surname Gyarfas is mostly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Gyarfas reside; 63 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 50 percent reside in Romanian Europe. It is also the 1,614,485th most commonly used first name globally, held by 40 people.

This last name is most widespread in Romania, where it is borne by 119 people, or 1 in 168,722. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Covasna County, where 38 percent live, Satu Mare County, where 27 percent live and Mureș County, where 26 percent live. Barring Romania it is found in 14 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent live and Slovakia, where 6 percent live.

Gyarfas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gyarfas surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Gyarfas earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.46% less than the national average, earning $30,438 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gyarfás9510/
Gyarfaš957/
Gyarfasi931/
Gyárfás90512/
Gyarfáš904/
Gyãrfãs901/
Gyárfáš863/
Gerfas773/
Gerfass710/
Gyárfási6714/
Gerfs671/

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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 Gyarfas
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