Karfar Surname

966,131st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 269 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Liberia

Karfar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karfar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1821:4,214,645112,328
Iran751:1,023,76746,913
Liberia91:489,83723,279
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603

Karfar Last Name Facts

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

Karfar (Arabic: كرفر) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karfar? popularity and diffusion

The last name Karfar is the 966,131st most frequent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 27,091,249 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Karfar live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 68 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

This surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 182 people, or 1 in 4,214,645. In India Karfar is most frequent in: West Bengal, where 99 percent are found and Delhi, where 1 percent are found. Outside of India it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 28 percent are found and Liberia, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karfear923/
Kharfar922/
Karfarh921/
Khairfar861/
Karfor8330/
Korfar8311/
Kerfar831/
Carfar830/
Carfare772/
Korfair772/
Karfour771/
Koorfar771/
Karfore770/
Kearford7125/
Corfar67237/
Korfor676/
Carfor672/
Kerfor670/
Carford6295/
Carfore6213/
Carfour625/
Carfort620/
Quarford5754/
Carphart577/
Quarfort571/
Qarforth571/
Carfford570/
Coorfare570/
Quarfordt5377/
Quarforth5331/
Corfor501/

Karfar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karfar in the Arabic language
كرفرkrfr-

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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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  • 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 Karfar
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