Karafizi Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Karafizi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 71 | 1:50,160 | 7,276 |
| Russia | 24 | 1:6,005,127 | 248,576 |
| Bulgaria | 11 | 1:634,446 | 25,919 |
| Transnistria | 5 | 1:94,940 | 11,199 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Karafizi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karafizi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karafizi (Russian: Карафизи) is found most frequently in Moldova. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Karafizi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,691,963rd most common last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Karafizi live; 89 percent live in Eastern Europe and 61 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The surname is most common in Moldova, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 50,160. In Moldova it is primarily concentrated in: Taraclia District, where 59 percent live, Cahul District, where 14 percent live and Chișinău Municipality, where 14 percent live. Other than Moldova it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 21 percent live and Bulgaria, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karafizi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karafizi in the Russian language | ||
| Карафизи | karafizi | - |
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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 Karafizi
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