Karaefe Surname

616,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 500 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Karaefe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karaefe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey4971:156,58212,241
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Karaefe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Karaefe occurs in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karaefe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 616,129th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 14,575,092 people. Karaefe is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Karaefe live; 95 percent live in West Asia and 95 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

It is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is carried by 497 people, or 1 in 156,582. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Aydin Province, where 20 percent live, Ankara Province, where 16 percent live and Bursa Province, where 15 percent live. Excluding Turkey it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 0 percent live and Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karafe9298/
Karefe921/
Karafey8699/
Karafei8695/
Karaafe862/
Kharefe861/
Kharafe861/
Kharafeh802/
Kareefee801/
Karaev7726,900/
Karafi771,087/
Karefi7711/
Karife7710/
Korafe779/
Karaew773/
Karofe772/
Kerefe772/
Korefe772/
Karafy771/
Caraef771/
Kharaev71495/
Kargaev71460/
Kharafi71431/
Karzaev7187/
Karaphe7180/
Katraev7169/
Karhaev7121/
Kerefeh7111/
Karafih7111/
Caraeff719/
Karaffy715/
Karrafi714/
Karafay714/
Kharefi713/
Qarafeh713/
Karaaev713/
Karraev712/
Kourafe712/
Kharafy712/
Korefie711/
Kauraev711/
Karahev711/
Karephe711/
Caraffe711/
Koraife711/
Karaffi711/
Karofea711/
Karoufe711/
Kharofeh67881/
Karzhaev6727/
Karahaev6719/
Khairafi6712/
Kharzaev678/
Khargaev674/
Karaheva672/
Karajufa671/
Karhöfer671/
Kourafeu671/
Khairaev671/
Kharaphe671/
Khatraev671/
Kharraev671/
Kourafey671/
Karaafay671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Karaefe
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