Zarafi Surname
Approximately 270 people bear this surname
Zarafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 125 | 1:423,533 | 29,670 |
| Niger | 87 | 1:220,598 | 7,246 |
| Iran | 32 | 1:2,399,454 | 79,639 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Zarafi (891) may also be a first name.
Zarafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zarafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zarafi is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zarafi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 963,821st most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 26,990,911 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Zarafi live; 46 percent live in East Africa and 46 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 272,255th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 891 people.
Zarafi is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 125 people, or 1 in 423,533. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 77 percent reside, Lindi Region, where 7 percent reside and Ruvuma Region, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 32 percent reside and Iran, where 12 percent reside.
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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 Zarafi
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