Karafistan Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Northern Cyprus
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Karafistan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Karafistan 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
Northern Cyprus481:6,6461,474
England71:7,959,723202,100
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Karafistan Last Name Facts

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

Karafistan is found most in Northern Cyprus. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Karafistan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,506,728th most widely held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Karafistan reside; 81 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 81 percent reside in East Thrace and Karpass.

The last name Karafistan is most commonly held in Northern Cyprus, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 6,646. In Northern Cyprus it is mostly found in: Lefke District, where 83 percent live, Lefkoşa District, where 15 percent live and Gazimağusa District, where 2 percent live. Apart from Northern Cyprus this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 12 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

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
Karfestani8056/
Grafstan781/
Karvstan781/
Karfstein741/
Karvistina7036/
Grafston671/

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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 Karafistan
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