Perafán Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Perafán Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 14 | 1:8,866,158 | 37,743 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Perafan (6,959) & Perafàn (2) are calculated separately.
Perafán Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Perafán Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Perafán is held by more people in Mexico than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Perafan or Perafàn. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Perafán? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,532,898th most common surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Perafán occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Perafán are found; 79 percent are found in North America and 74 percent are found in Hispano-North America.
The last name is most frequently used in Mexico, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 8,866,158. In Mexico Perafán is most prevalent in: Mexico City, where 43 percent live, San Luis Potosí, where 29 percent live and México, where 14 percent live. Apart from Mexico this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 5 percent live and Colombia, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perafan | 95 | 6,959 | / |
| Perafàn | 95 | 2 | / |
| Peraffan | 80 | 19 | / |
| Perrafan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pirafan | 71 | 32 | / |
| Parafan | 71 | 19 | / |
| Perefan | 71 | 10 | / |
| Perafam | 71 | 3 | / |
| Parafon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Perofan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peraphan | 67 | 5 | / |
| Paraffan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Peeraphan | 63 | 43 | / |
| Peeraphon | 63 | 1 | / |
| Phetraphan | 59 | 851 | / |
| Phetraphon | 59 | 255 | / |
| Pheeraphan | 59 | 14 | / |
| Phetraphong | 56 | 63 | / |
| Pheeraphong | 56 | 2 | / |
| Paraphon | 53 | 9 | / |
| Paraphan | 53 | 6 | / |
| Poraphan | 53 | 2 | / |
| Parephan | 53 | 1 | / |
| Perapham | 53 | 1 | / |
| Phiraphan | 50 | 1,529 | / |
| Pharaphon | 50 | 69 | / |
| Phiraphon | 50 | 31 | / |
| Pharaphan | 50 | 30 | / |
| Paravahan | 50 | 4 | / |
| Pareephan | 50 | 2 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Perafán
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