Pafra Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Pafra Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pafra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Pafra (82) may also be a first name.

Pafra Last Name Facts

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

Pafra occurs more in Greece more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pafra? popularity and diffusion

Pafra is the 7,117,718th most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Pafra live; 71 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 71 percent live in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 1,060,447th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 82 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Greece, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 2,215,958. In Greece Pafra is most numerous in: Central Greece, where 80 percent are found and Crete, where 20 percent are found. Other than Greece this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 14 percent are found and Tanzania, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pafras9147/
Pafrath833/
Pafre806/
Poefra7334/
Pefrea731/
Pafrod731/
Paphra731/
Paphrai67123/
Phaphra673/
Paifrey671/
Pafrist670/

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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 Pafra
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