Karaph Surname
Approximately 217 people bear this surname
Karaph Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 189 | 1:4,058,547 | 109,634 |
| Iran | 28 | 1:2,742,233 | 86,474 |
Karaph (1,262) may also be a first name.
Karaph Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karaph Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karaph (Hindi: कारफा) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Karaph click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karaph? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,118,459th most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 33,583,161 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Karaph reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 87 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Karaph is also the 222,185th most frequently used forename internationally It is held by 1,262 people.
It is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 189 people, or 1 in 4,058,547. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Gujarat, where 99 percent are found, Chandigarh, where 1 percent are found and Karnataka, where 1 percent are found. Not including India this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Iran, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karaph Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karaph in the Hindi language | ||
| कारफा | karapha | - |
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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 Karaph
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