Yarafi Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Yarafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 91 | 1:843,764 | 41,424 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Yarafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yarafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yarafi is held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Yarafi.
How Common Is The Last Name Yarafi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,943,350th most widely held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Yarafi are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.
The surname Yarafi is most widespread in Iran, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 843,764. In Iran Yarafi is mostly found in: Khuzestan Province, where 99 percent are found and Tehran Province, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Iran it exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yarafio | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yaarhafi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Jarafi | 83 | 281 | / |
| Yarefi | 83 | 61 | / |
| Yarafa | 83 | 41 | / |
| Yarofi | 83 | 13 | / |
| Jarayfi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jarafieh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jarafa | 67 | 50 | / |
| Yarofa | 67 | 28 | / |
| Jorafi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Yarofe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Iarafa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jarafe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yorefi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iorafi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jahravi | 62 | 5 | / |
| Jarrafa | 62 | 5 | / |
| Jiarafa | 62 | 5 | / |
| Yaroufa | 62 | 4 | / |
| Jourafi | 62 | 1 | / |
| Jahrofi | 62 | 1 | / |
| Iorafa | 50 | 93 | / |
| Hajjorefai | 50 | 3 | / |
| Jarofe | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Yarafi
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