Iraf Surname

864,701st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 314 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Iraf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iraf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran2101:365,63124,112
Pakistan471:3,800,93427,883
Turkey221:3,537,33793,247
India171:45,121,493474,784
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Iraf (264) may also be a first name.

Iraf Last Name Facts

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

The surname Iraf (Hindi: इरफ, Russian: Ираф) is more frequently found in Iran than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Iraf? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 864,701st most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,208,745 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 94 percent of Iraf live; 88 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Iraf is also the 547,545th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 264 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is held by 210 people, or 1 in 365,631. In Iran Iraf is most numerous in: Isfahan Province, where 22 percent live, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 20 percent live and Khuzestan Province, where 19 percent live. Excluding Iran Iraf is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 15 percent live and Turkey, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Airaf89995/
Irhaf89125/
Israf8996/
Giraf8921/
Irafe895/
Jiraf895/
Itraf892/
Ireaf892/
Irzaf892/
Iraaf892/
Iraff891/
Jirafe80313/
Aitraf8010/
Giraff806/
Aisraf802/
Israif802/
Israff801/
Iraife801/
Irhaif801/
Girauf801/
Huiraf801/
Israaf801/
Hirauf801/
Irab75164/
Uraf7571/
Eraf7552/
Iraw7546/
Irav756/
Irof751/
Jraf750/
Aitraaf731/
Uirab671,666/
Irowa67552/
Jraif67479/
Irgav67200/
Hirab67188/
Irova67151/
Airav6794/
Iorav6789/
Iroff6784/
Hiraw6768/
Erafe6761/
Jirav6756/
Eirof6743/
Hirav6743/
Heraf6740/
Esraf6731/
Girav6729/
Jiraw6722/
Ajraf6720/
Jirab6720/
Airab6714/
Iraib675/
Urauf674/
Yirav674/
Eraif674/
Isrof674/
Earaf673/
Israv673/
Girof672/
Erraf672/
Iraph672/
Geraf672/
Ayraf672/
Hirof672/
Uirav671/
Irabh671/
Jirof671/
Jraft671/
Iraab671/
Yoraf671/
Irhab671/
Ihrab671/
Irrab671/
Urayf671/
Erauf671/
Oirav671/
Jraff670/

Iraf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Iraf in the Hindi language
इरफirapha62.96
इरफानiraphana37.04
Iraf in the Russian language
Ирафiraf-

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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 Iraf
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