Karafoti Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Karafoti Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karafoti Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece881:125,90721,051
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Karafoti Last Name Facts

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

The surname Karafoti is held by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Karafoti? popularity and diffusion

The last name Karafoti is the 1,980,395th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Karafoti are found; 99 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

It is most widespread in Greece, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 125,907. In Greece Karafoti is most prevalent in: Attica, where 65 percent are found, Central Macedonia, where 32 percent are found and Peloponnese, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Greece it is found in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karafotis94225/
Karafota881/
Karafatis8223/
Kharafati822/
Carafotis821/
Karafata752/
Qarafati751/
Carafotes7125/
Carafetti712/
Karoufati711/
Korrafati711/
Kharafate711/
Koutrofoti671/
Khosrafati671/
Carafate631/
Carefoote5943/
Koraphati591/
Korofati5028/

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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 Karafoti
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