Zarafe Surname
Approximately 282 people bear this surname
Zarafe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 278 | 1:276,196 | 20,165 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
Zarafe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zarafe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zarafe occurs in Iran more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zarafe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zarafe is the 933,049th most frequently used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 25,842,361 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Zarafe live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
The surname Zarafe is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is held by 278 people, or 1 in 276,196. In Iran it is most common in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 22 percent live, Golestan Province, where 15 percent live and Sistan and Baluchestan Province, where 12 percent live. Excluding Iran Zarafe occurs in one country. It is also common in Malaysia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Zarafe
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