Karnafi Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Karnafi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karnafi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Karnafi (21) may also be a first name.

Karnafi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Karnafi is more frequently found in Iran than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Karnafi.

How Common Is The Last Name Karnafi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Karnafi occurs mostly in Asia, where 57 percent of Karnafi reside; 29 percent reside in North Africa and 29 percent reside in Mahgreb. Karnafi is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 21 people.

The last name Karnafi is most common in Iran, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 38,391,262. In Iran it is primarily found in: Fars Province, where 50 percent are found and Khuzestan Province, where 50 percent are found. Besides Iran it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 14 percent are found and Indonesia, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karnafei935/
Kernafi8643/
Karnafa861/
Karnafer801/
Khernafi801/
Karnoufi801/
Karnofa7151/
Carnefi711/
Kernoufi671/
Cornafa571/
Kernoufe531/
Kornhofer50105/
Kornhöfer504/

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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 Karnafi
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