Moraf Surname
Approximately 2,195 people bear this surname
Moraf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,153 | 1:66,594 | 7,014 |
| Kuwait | 1,012 | 1:3,756 | 500 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Moldova | 5 | 1:712,274 | 39,996 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Moraf (117) may also be a first name.
Moraf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moraf Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moraf (Hindi: मोरफीक, Marathi: मोरफ) is most common in Iran. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moraf? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 191,921st most frequent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 3,320,066 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Moraf reside; 53 percent reside in South Asia and 53 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 864,112th most widely held forename worldwide. It is borne by 117 people.
The surname is most common in Iran, where it is held by 1,153 people, or 1 in 66,594. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Khuzestan Province, where 49 percent are found, Bushehr Province, where 13 percent are found and Tehran Province, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Iran this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Kuwait, where 46 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moraf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moraf in the Hindi language | ||
| मोरफीक | moraphika | - |
| Moraf in the Marathi language | ||
| मोरफ | morapha | - |
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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 Moraf
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