Karafantis Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Karafantis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karafantis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece321:346,24348,387
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911

Karafantis Last Name Facts

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

The surname Karafantis is found most frequently in Greece. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Karafantis? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,944,094th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Karafantis live; 73 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 73 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Greece, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 346,243. In Greece Karafantis is most frequent in: Attica, where 97 percent reside and Central Macedonia, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Greece this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 11 percent reside.

Karafantis Last Name Statistics demography

Karafantis earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 33.84% more than the national average, earning $57,750 USD per year.

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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 Karafantis
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