Parafin Surname

874,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 309 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Parafin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Parafin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2241:68,92110,300
South Africa391:1,389,17274,222
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Parafin (14) may also be a first name.

Parafin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Parafin (Hindi: परफीन, Russian: Парафин) is found most in Zimbabwe. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Parafin? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 874,560th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 23,584,291 people. Parafin is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Parafin reside; 85 percent reside in Southern Africa and 85 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Parafin is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 14 people.

This last name is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 224 people, or 1 in 68,921. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 37 percent live, Harare Province, where 26 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 10 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe Parafin is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Parafin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Parafin last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the party.

The amount Parafin earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 63.24% less than the national average, earning R 87,360 per year and in United States they earn 14.67% less than the national average, earning $36,819 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Parafina932,221/
Paraffin931,357/
Parrafin9332/
Paraffien887/
Parraffin884/
Parafyn8642/
Parafinova825/
Paraffim804/
Parofina803/
Parafyna801/
Perafn775/
Perafän711/
Parafenova711/
Parefen710/
Paraphim67376/
Phairajphin671/
Pharaphaen594/
Peeraphen504/

Parafin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Parafin in the Hindi language
परफीनparaphina-
Parafin in the Russian language
Парафинparafin-

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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 Parafin
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