Harafa Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Harafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 21 | 1:547,459 | 51,586 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Harafa (168) may also be a first name.
Harafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Harafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Harafa (Marathi: हारफा) occurs more in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Harafa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Harafa is the 2,746,821st most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. Harafa occurs predominantly in Europe, where 48 percent of Harafa reside; 44 percent reside in Western Europe and 44 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 705,855th most widely held given name world-wide. It is borne by 168 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 547,459. In Belgium Harafa is mostly concentrated in: Walloon Region, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Belgium it occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 20 percent are found and Nigeria, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Harafa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Harafa in the Marathi language | ||
| हारफा | harapha | - |
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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 Harafa
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