Karafiát Surname
Approximately 595 people bear this surname
Karafiát Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 565 | 1:18,820 | 2,840 |
| Hungary | 21 | 1:467,442 | 30,347 |
| Slovakia | 8 | 1:667,056 | 68,191 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Karafiat (133) are calculated separately.
Karafiát Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karafiát Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karafiát is found most frequently in Czechia. It can appear in the variant forms: Karafiat. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karafiát? popularity and diffusion
It is the 540,057th most widely held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 12,247,976 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Karafiát are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 96 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
This surname is most commonly held in Czechia, where it is borne by 565 people, or 1 in 18,820. In Czechia it is most numerous in: Vysočina Region, where 15 percent live, Prague, where 13 percent live and Zlín Region, where 13 percent live. Other than Czechia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Hungary, where 4 percent live and Slovakia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karafiat | 96 | 133 | / |
| Karafiáth | 94 | 3 | / |
| Karafiátová | 84 | 565 | / |
| Karafiath | 82 | 9 | / |
| Karafia | 80 | 4 | / |
| Karafios | 75 | 25 | / |
| Karafiatova | 74 | 9 | / |
| Karafiatová | 74 | 6 | / |
| Karafiasz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kharafios | 71 | 1 | / |
| Karofia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Karofiah | 63 | 4 | / |
| Korofia | 53 | 110 | / |
| Carofio | 53 | 2 | / |
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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 Karafiát
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