Carafa is used as a family name or surname in Italy. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Carafa
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Italy
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Carafa

How popular is Carafa?

Carafa is common in Italy.

Carafa is ranked 149097 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Carafas plummeted by 0.9433962 per cent to 210 since 2000 and slipped by 5645 spots and ranked at 88336. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 97.62 99.06
Carafa is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Italy which may be its originating country too. Around 2533 people have been found who wears Carafa as their family name. Carafa is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
19,046 Ireland2
5,139 Bolivia2
139,444 Brazil2
28,083 Romania2
91,784 Netherlands2
172,258 Germany1
12,745 Luxembourg1
91,024 Belgium1
37,493 Austria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
49,834 Australia39
82,145 Canada34
36,547 Switzerland27
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,010 Venezuela100
117,149 France73
Countries with hundreds of Carafa:
89,199 United States260
26,800 Argentina194
Countries with thousands of Carafa:
5,938 Italy1,792

Immigrants to US

From Italy

Ant. Carafa from Italy aboard the Scotia from Naples on March 17, 1885. He is registered to be 3 years old when he arrived in New York. Antonio Carafa, aged 21, 25 years old Antonio Carafa, 5 months old Carmine Carafa, 31 years old Ciuf. Carafa, 27 years old Elvira Carafa, 37 years old Giov. Carafa, Laborer Giovanni Carafa, Giuseppe Carafa, aged 17, Laborer Giuseppe Carafa, and 3 other Carafa around 64.29% of whom were laborer while others worked as peasant migrated to US from Naples, Genoa & Gibraltar, Fiume, Gibraltar and Naples & Palermo.

Carafa Namesakes

  • Antonio Carafa, Cardinal
  • Brianna Carafa, Author
  • Oliviero Carafa, Cardinal
  • Janet Carafa, Artist
  • Oliviero Carafa, Cardinal
  • Oliviero Carafa, Cardinal
  • Oliviero Carafa, Cardinal
  • Michele Carafa, Composer
  • Oliviero Carafa, Cardinal
  • Pierluigi Carafa, Cardinal

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