Zarafa Surname
Approximately 174 people bear this surname
Zarafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 74 | 1:522,048 | 37,631 |
| Australia | 67 | 1:402,921 | 32,505 |
| Moldova | 10 | 1:356,137 | 27,160 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Zarafa (114) may also be a first name.
Zarafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zarafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zarafa (Russian: Зарафа) is found most frequently in Algeria. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Zarafa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zarafa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zarafa is the 1,300,225th most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. The surname Zarafa occurs mostly in Africa, where 44 percent of Zarafa live; 43 percent live in North Africa and 43 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 877,214th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 114 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is borne by 74 people, or 1 in 522,048. In Algeria Zarafa is most numerous in: Souk Ahras Province, where 99 percent are found and Oum el-Bouaghi Province, where 1 percent are found. Barring Algeria this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 39 percent are found and Moldova, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zarafa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zarafa in the Russian language | ||
| Зарафа | zarafa | - |
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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 Zarafa
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