Karafotas Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Czechia

Karafotas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karafotas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023

Karafotas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Karafotas is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Karafotas? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,772,636th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. Karafotas occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Karafotas reside; 94 percent reside in North America and 94 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 22,653,683. In The United States Karafotas is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 38 percent are found, California, where 31 percent are found and Virginia, where 13 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Czechia, where 6 percent are found.

Karafotas Last Name Statistics demography

Karafotas earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 30.01% more than the national average, earning $56,100 USD per year.

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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 Karafotas
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