Maarafi Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Qatar
Highest density in:
Qatar

Maarafi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maarafi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Qatar691:34,1743,607
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Maarafi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Maarafi is carried by more people in Qatar than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Maarafi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maarafi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,047,559th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Maarafi live; 85 percent live in West Asia and 85 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

It is most frequently held in Qatar, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 34,174. Not including Qatar this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 11 percent reside and Algeria, where 2 percent reside.

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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 Maarafi
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