Karafir Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Karafir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Karafir Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia971:1,363,39493,839
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Karafir Last Name Facts

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

The surname Karafir occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Karafir click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karafir? popularity and diffusion

The last name Karafir is the 1,871,545th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name Karafir is primarily found in Oceania, where 99 percent of Karafir reside; 98 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 98 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

This surname is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 1,363,394. In Indonesia Karafir is mostly found in: Papua, where 77 percent are found and West Papua, where 22 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia it occurs in one country. It is also found in Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karafer862/
Kharafer801/
Karafere801/
Karofer711/
Kerafer711/
Korrafre673/
Karhöfer671/
Karhoffer637/
Korhöfer531/
Carrofer531/
Carhoffer500/
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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 Karafir
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