In the world, ערפאת (Arafat 
, ערפאת 
) is a common primarily boy's, but very infrequently female first name. The first name ערפאת is habitual in Bangladesh, where it is quite a common predominantly masculine, but very seldom female name, Djibouti, where it is quite a common boy's name, and Oman, where it is quite a common principally boy's, but very infrequently girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Bangladesh, India, and Egypt. Also, ערפאת is the last name as well as the forename.