Orafo Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Orafo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 25 | 1:2,446,268 | 94,040 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Orafo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orafo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orafo is found in Italy more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Orafo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,909,720th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Orafo reside; 56 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 56 percent reside in Italic Europe.
The surname is most commonly used in Italy, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 2,446,268. In Italy Orafo is primarily found in: Campania, where 72 percent reside, Piedmont, where 8 percent reside and Emilia-Romagna, where 4 percent reside. Not including Italy this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 40 percent reside and The Philippines, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oraefo | 91 | 70 | / |
| Oreafo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Oraifo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Oraifoh | 83 | 10 | / |
| Orafa | 80 | 195 | / |
| Arafo | 80 | 139 | / |
| Orefo | 80 | 70 | / |
| Orofo | 80 | 15 | / |
| Oreffo | 73 | 26 | / |
| Orhofo | 73 | 17 | / |
| Araufo | 73 | 8 | / |
| Arafoa | 73 | 8 | / |
| Orofoa | 73 | 7 | / |
| Arafoj | 73 | 3 | / |
| Garafo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Orafga | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uhrafo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Arafou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aerafo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gurafo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ourafa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oroifo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Orzafa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Orozfo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gorafa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oraefa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Garaffo | 67 | 215 | / |
| Horafas | 67 | 17 | / |
| Gorrafa | 67 | 10 | / |
| Oreffoo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Garrafo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ouraffa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Araifou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Horapho | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Orafo
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