Karifi Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Karifi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Karifi (10) may also be a first name.
Karifi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karifi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karifi is most common in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Karifi.
How Common Is The Last Name Karifi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,185,033rd most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. Karifi occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Karifi are found; 53 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Karifi is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 10 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria Karifi is most frequent in: Zamfara, where 42 percent live, Niger, where 32 percent live and Lagos, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 47 percent live and Benin, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kharifi | 92 | 17 | / |
| Carifi | 83 | 136 | / |
| Karifa | 83 | 89 | / |
| Karufi | 83 | 80 | / |
| Karefi | 83 | 11 | / |
| Karife | 83 | 10 | / |
| Qarifi | 83 | 7 | / |
| Kerifi | 83 | 3 | / |
| Korifi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kherifi | 77 | 846 | / |
| Koreifi | 77 | 155 | / |
| Khorifi | 77 | 150 | / |
| Carifio | 77 | 128 | / |
| Kharifa | 77 | 92 | / |
| Karifay | 77 | 4 | / |
| Cariffi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Kharefi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Kourifi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Keraifi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kotrifi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Karifaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khérifi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kariffa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Korrifi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Koraifi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Caraifi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kheraifi | 71 | 247 | / |
| Kareiphi | 71 | 11 | / |
| Kherrifi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Koraifhi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Karifuha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khourifi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Korifa | 67 | 208 | / |
| Carifa | 67 | 104 | / |
| Karefa | 67 | 41 | / |
| Khareiphi | 67 | 21 | / |
| Karufe | 67 | 14 | / |
| Carife | 67 | 4 | / |
| Carufi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kerefi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Karyfa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kerife | 67 | 1 | / |
| Karefe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qarefi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Korife | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Karifi
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