Karafotia Surname
Approximately 229 people bear this surname
Karafotia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 223 | 1:49,685 | 8,181 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Karafotia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karafotia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karafotia occurs in Greece more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karafotia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,079,669th most widely held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 31,823,345 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Karafotia reside; 98 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.
The surname Karafotia is most commonly held in Greece, where it is held by 223 people, or 1 in 49,685. In Greece Karafotia is most frequent in: Attica, where 53 percent reside, Peloponnese, where 30 percent reside and Western Greece, where 15 percent reside. Barring Greece this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 2 percent reside and Cyprus, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karaphotia | 84 | 2 | / |
| Carafotias | 84 | 1 | / |
| Karavatia | 78 | 3 | / |
| Graftiau | 71 | 23 | / |
| Karafsha | 71 | 5 | / |
| Graftiaux | 67 | 160 | / |
| Karafshah | 67 | 4 | / |
| Garavatia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kharfosha | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Karafotia
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