Karafa Surname
Approximately 1,364 people bear this surname
Karafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 425 | 1:12,556 | 1,646 |
| United States | 406 | 1:892,756 | 67,416 |
| Papua New Guinea | 118 | 1:69,099 | 9,015 |
| Hungary | 83 | 1:118,268 | 11,127 |
| Algeria | 80 | 1:482,894 | 36,623 |
| Kenya | 66 | 1:699,695 | 30,103 |
| Greece | 38 | 1:291,573 | 42,990 |
| Czechia | 29 | 1:366,671 | 43,532 |
| Ukraine | 28 | 1:1,625,811 | 125,303 |
| Croatia | 19 | 1:222,558 | 25,345 |
| Poland | 15 | 1:2,533,917 | 108,409 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Karafá (2) are calculated separately.
Karafa (1,411) may also be a first name.
Karafa Demographics
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Karafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karafa (Russian: Карафа) has its highest incidence in Slovakia. It can be found as: Karafá. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karafa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karafa is the 282,611th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 5,342,776 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 48 percent of Karafa are found; 43 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 34 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. Karafa is also the 207,956th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,411 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Slovakia, where it is carried by 425 people, or 1 in 12,556. In Slovakia Karafa is mostly concentrated in: Košice Region, where 56 percent reside, Prešov Region, where 28 percent reside and Nitra Region, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Slovakia this last name occurs in 30 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent reside.
Karafa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Karafa last name are 6.17% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.94% being registered with the party.
Karafa earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.32% more than the national average, earning $46,737 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karafa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karafa in the Russian language | ||
| Карафа | karafa | - |
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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 Karafa
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