Karafil Surname
Approximately 868 people bear this surname
Karafil Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 811 | 1:95,957 | 8,480 |
| Australia | 17 | 1:1,587,982 | 78,599 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Albania | 6 | 1:485,676 | 18,535 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Karafil (362) may also be a first name.
Karafil Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karafil Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karafil is found most frequently in Turkey. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karafil? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karafil is the 403,960th most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,395,790 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Karafil reside; 90 percent reside in West Asia and 90 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Karafil is also the 457,558th most frequent forename on earth, held by 362 people.
Karafil is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 811 people, or 1 in 95,957. In Turkey Karafil is mostly found in: Konya Province, where 16 percent reside, Istanbul Province, where 11 percent reside and Nevsehir Province, where 10 percent reside. Besides Turkey it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 2 percent reside and Belgium, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karafiol | 93 | 65 | / |
| Karefil | 86 | 69 | / |
| Karafel | 86 | 19 | / |
| Kerafil | 86 | 1 | / |
| Karafilova | 82 | 19 | / |
| Karafioł | 80 | 60 | / |
| Carafiol | 80 | 60 | / |
| Karaifilova | 78 | 1 | / |
| Khosrafil | 75 | 1 | / |
| Karafelova | 71 | 11 | / |
| Carrafiell | 71 | 4 | / |
| Carafel | 71 | 1 | / |
| Qarafel | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kerafel | 71 | 1 | / |
| Carrefil | 67 | 32 | / |
| Karofeld | 67 | 15 | / |
| Karofelt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koraafel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Carafelt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kouroufil | 63 | 1 | / |
| Carofigli | 63 | 1 | / |
| Korefl | 62 | 1 | / |
| Karrofeldt | 59 | 1 | / |
| Kereifel | 53 | 0 | / |
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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 Karafil
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