Pafas Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Pafas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pafas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece271:410,36354,524
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427

Pafas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pafas (Russian: Пафас) is found in Greece more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Pafas click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pafas? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pafas is the 3,485,539th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name Pafas is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Pafas live; 84 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 84 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

The last name Pafas is most common in Greece, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 410,363. In Greece it is most frequent in: Western Macedonia, where 96 percent are found and Attica, where 4 percent are found. Other than Greece this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 6 percent are found and Belgium, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paffas9140/
Pafa89162/
Phafa80323/
Paifa80198/
Paffa80192/
Pafos8045/
Payfa8019/
Patfa8014/
Pafah809/
Padfa804/
Pafai802/
Pafat802/
Pfafa801/
Pafaa801/
Paafa801/
Pafea800/
Pafautse771/
Payfat7328/
Phafat7323/
Paifah7315/
Paffos7315/
Pofase738/
Peaufa736/
Pfaffa734/
Poffas734/
Pafait733/
Payfah732/
Payfai731/
Patfai731/
Paphas731/
Païafa731/
Paface731/
Paifad731/
Paffau730/
Pofa6765/
Pavahas6720/
Phofase677/
Pafo677/
Pachfai674/
Pathfai671/
Paifauy671/
Pafautz671/

Pafas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pafas in the Russian language
Пафасpafas-

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pafas
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