Perafan Surname

71,011th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,959 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Perafan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Perafan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia5,5051:8,678993
Argentina9751:43,8393,699
Mexico3051:406,9718,024
United States701:5,177,985261,849
Venezuela471:642,64011,225
Spain251:1,870,08151,392
England101:5,571,806158,774
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

The alternate forms: Perafán (19) & Perafàn (2) are calculated separately.

Perafan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Perafan is carried by more people in Colombia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Perafán or Perafàn. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Perafan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Perafan is the 71,011th most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,047,212 people. The last name Perafan occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Perafan live; 94 percent live in South America and 80 percent live in Caribbean South America.

The surname is most prevalent in Colombia, where it is borne by 5,505 people, or 1 in 8,678. In Colombia Perafan is mostly found in: Cauca Department, where 42 percent reside, Valle del Cauca Department, where 30 percent reside and Huila Department, where 12 percent reside. Other than Colombia it occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 14 percent reside and Mexico, where 4 percent reside.

Perafan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Perafan last name are 10.41% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 63.64% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Perafan earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Colombia they earn 13.97% less than the national average, earning $19,531,500 COP per year and in United States they earn 2.91% less than the national average, earning $41,892 USD per year.

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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 Perafan
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