Oraf Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Belgium

Oraf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oraf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
England21:27,859,030389,889
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Oraf (36) may also be a first name.

Oraf Last Name Facts

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

Oraf (Russian: Ораф) is borne by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oraf? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,772,636th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 41 percent of Oraf live; 29 percent live in South Asia and 29 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Oraf is also the 1,717,090th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 36 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,728,777. In Pakistan Oraf is most prevalent in: Sindh, where 80 percent are found and Punjab, where 20 percent are found. Barring Pakistan Oraf exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 18 percent are found and England, where 12 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oraif892,160/
Goraf892/
Ouraf891/
Orawf891/
Orafe891/
Horauf803/
Gouraf802/
Orhafe801/
Orasfe801/
Goraif801/
Oraw7513,394/
Araf758,311/
Orav751,074/
Orab75238/
Uraf7571/
Eraf7552/
Orof7523/
Hoerauf73439/
Horeauf731/
Asraf6716,732/
Gorav673,063/
Arraf671,386/
Haraf671,054/
Horav67570/
Ahraf67526/
Aaraf67431/
Orova67356/
Arauf67260/
Arafh67246/
Orowa67213/
Horab67207/
O'Raw67201/
Ourab67140/
Oreif67124/
Arafe67117/
Oraph6791/
Araif6789/
Orofe6768/
Atraf6756/
Araft6740/
Heraf6740/
Aeraf6733/
Araaf6732/
Otrav6727/
Osrof6723/
Garaf6715/
Arzaf6715/
Oorav6714/
Gorof6713/
Areaf679/
Orrav679/
Arhaf679/
Auraf679/
Ouraw677/
Orhaw676/
Ohrab676/
Orhab675/
Guraf675/
Urauf674/
Oraws674/
Eraif674/
Oraib674/
Horof674/
Orawh674/
Oraav673/
Argaf673/
Orhof673/
Horaw673/
Oravs673/
Usraf672/
Araff672/
Erraf672/
Arayf672/
Oraww671/
Uoraw671/
Oraiv671/
Oraaw671/
Orouf671/
Orofz671/
Oirav671/
Urafe671/
Erauf671/
Oroff671/
Hoerhauf671/
Ooraw671/
Orraw671/
Orgav671/
Urayf671/

Oraf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Oraf in the Russian language
Орафoraf-

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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 Oraf
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