Raphael Forename
1,324th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 722,708 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Cameroon
Raphael Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘healing of the Lord’ the name of one of the archangels. It was used as a personal name among the Jews, and as a christian name in Italy in the Middle Ages. In England it seems always to be Jewish.
Raphael Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 99% | 118,403 | 1:624 | 121 |
| Brazil | 100% | 94,173 | 1:2,275 | 346 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 60,284 | 1:876 | 189 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 60,000 | 1:2,959 | 536 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 56,441 | 1:383 | 51 |
| Kenya | 100% | 41,401 | 1:1,119 | 229 |
| Ghana | 100% | 31,857 | 1:847 | 189 |
| France | 100% | 27,744 | 1:2,396 | 297 |
| Malawi | 99% | 23,479 | 1:729 | 161 |
| Israel | 100% | 21,073 | 1:399 | 47 |
| United States | 100% | 17,928 | 1:20,222 | 1,639 |
| Zambia | - | 17,771 | 1:892 | 203 |
| Burundi | 100% | 11,586 | 1:855 | 268 |
| Uganda | 99% | 10,245 | 1:3,998 | 488 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 9,284 | 1:1,661 | 302 |
| Rwanda | - | 7,977 | 1:1,426 | 303 |
| Belgium | 100% | 7,064 | 1:1,627 | 371 |
| Mozambique | - | 6,720 | 1:4,054 | 816 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 6,310 | 1:1,292 | 149 |
| Germany | 100% | 6,216 | 1:15,553 | 844 |
| Benin | 100% | 6,192 | 1:1,708 | 394 |
| South Africa | 100% | 5,460 | 1:9,988 | 1,700 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 4,837 | 1:1,698 | 350 |
| Philippines | 99% | 4,684 | 1:22,632 | 2,248 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 4,232 | 1:5,584 | 1,110 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 4,201 | 1:4,375 | 567 |
| Togo | - | 3,873 | 1:1,869 | 306 |
| Sudan | 75% | 3,768 | 1:10,034 | 1,267 |
| Haiti | 100% | 3,205 | 1:3,347 | 510 |
| India | 100% | 3,170 | 1:383,242 | 33,302 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 3,121 | 1:31,259 | 3,674 |
| Canada | 100% | 3,023 | 1:10,960 | 1,243 |
| England | 100% | 2,753 | 1:20,197 | 1,282 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 2,590 | 1:8,910 | 980 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,449 | 1:1,177 | 296 |
| Guinea | 100% | 2,187 | 1:5,422 | 519 |
| Austria | 100% | 1,640 | 1:5,192 | 458 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,367 | 1:27,818 | 906 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,328 | 1:52,760 | 5,567 |
| Angola | - | 1,080 | 1:24,969 | 1,864 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1,053 | 1:13,847 | 934 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,002 | 1:1,880 | 439 |
| Peru | 100% | 971 | 1:32,741 | 2,069 |
| Mali | 100% | 939 | 1:18,081 | 1,331 |
| Chad | 100% | 927 | 1:14,669 | 2,417 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 825 | 1:193,287 | 10,074 |
| Namibia | - | 821 | 1:2,928 | 518 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 740 | 1:41,149 | 3,544 |
| Australia | - | 736 | 1:18,557 | 1,356 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 699 | 1:44,081 | 5,366 |
| Egypt | 100% | 586 | 1:156,828 | 6,244 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 582 | 1:29,041 | 2,434 |
| Morocco | - | 573 | 1:59,945 | 2,327 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 556 | 1:2,449 | 474 |
| Congo | 100% | 547 | 1:9,158 | 1,206 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 519 | 1:20,099 | 1,879 |
| Portugal | - | 461 | 1:22,583 | 1,032 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 406 | 1:635,378 | 44,723 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 361 | 1:5,651 | 865 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 357 | 1:1,627 | 304 |
| Spain | 100% | 342 | 1:136,053 | 3,376 |
| Swaziland | - | 308 | 1:4,221 | 796 |
| French Polynesia | - | 303 | 1:917 | 206 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 286 | 1:945 | 219 |
| Ireland | 92% | 276 | 1:16,824 | 929 |
| Kuwait | - | 266 | 1:14,230 | 1,622 |
| Grenada | 100% | 262 | 1:413 | 45 |
| Chile | 97% | 258 | 1:68,245 | 2,087 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 254 | 1:28,157 | 2,763 |
| Mexico | 100% | 240 | 1:517,268 | 5,733 |
| Malta | - | 239 | 1:1,796 | 354 |
| China | - | 225 | 1:6,071,359 | 55,973 |
| Botswana | 100% | 222 | 1:9,840 | 1,415 |
| Guyana | 100% | 211 | 1:3,617 | 687 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 189 | 1:941 | 145 |
| Dominica | - | 186 | 1:406 | 88 |
| Italy | 99% | 184 | 1:331,859 | 4,023 |
| Japan | - | 172 | 1:744,105 | 13,251 |
| Ecuador | - | 163 | 1:108,754 | 2,545 |
| Singapore | 100% | 147 | 1:42,769 | 6,611 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 135 | 1:223,718 | 7,859 |
| Bahrain | - | 133 | 1:10,140 | 1,551 |
| Liberia | 98% | 125 | 1:35,296 | 2,064 |
| New Zealand | - | 123 | 1:36,878 | 2,271 |
| Suriname | - | 115 | 1:4,807 | 1,027 |
| Mauritius | - | 114 | 1:11,384 | 1,399 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 111 | 1:95,508 | 2,491 |
| Hong Kong | - | 109 | 1:71,126 | 2,649 |
| Sweden | 100% | 109 | 1:90,440 | 4,012 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| Scotland | 100% | 100 | 1:53,504 | 1,632 |
| Qatar | 100% | 97 | 1:24,429 | 3,465 |
| Greece | 100% | 95 | 1:115,101 | 2,946 |
| Romania | 100% | 84 | 1:238,714 | 7,864 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 83 | 1:1,344 | 236 |
| Panama | 100% | 82 | 1:47,641 | 3,250 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 78 | 1:206,518 | 3,090 |
| Bahamas | - | 77 | 1:5,187 | 805 |
| Russia | 100% | 73 | 1:1,975,804 | 13,396 |
| Luxembourg | - | 71 | 1:7,944 | 711 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 68 | 1:1,614 | 323 |
| Micronesia | - | 66 | 1:1,614 | 257 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 65 | 1:1,426 | 340 |
| Barbados | - | 59 | 1:4,912 | 761 |
| Colombia | 100% | 58 | 1:823,775 | 10,256 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 49 | 1:69,952 | 2,161 |
| Belize | 100% | 47 | 1:7,538 | 1,278 |
| Norway | 100% | 46 | 1:111,572 | 3,477 |
| Niger | 83% | 40 | 1:479,600 | 9,829 |
| South Korea | - | 40 | 1:138,611 | 6,160 |
| Czechia | 100% | 39 | 1:273,235 | 1,881 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 38 | 1:1,444 | 332 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 35 | 1:2,840 | 589 |
| Wales | 97% | 31 | 1:99,816 | 2,444 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 28 | 1:126,796 | 2,116 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 26 | 1:2,103 | 430 |
| Denmark | - | 22 | 1:256,795 | 5,179 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 20 | 1:1,562 | 349 |
| Monaco | 100% | 19 | 1:2,025 | 405 |
| Lebanon | 91% | 18 | 1:312,643 | 5,170 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| Hungary | 100% | 17 | 1:575,987 | 2,039 |
| Central African Republic | - | 16 | 1:282,212 | 391 |
| Argentina | 100% | 15 | 1:2,851,550 | 9,163 |
| Croatia | 100% | 14 | 1:301,220 | 4,308 |
| Oman | - | 14 | 1:293,476 | 3,954 |
| Vietnam | - | 13 | 1:7,124,855 | 3,818 |
| Finland | 86% | 12 | 1:456,932 | 5,495 |
| Honduras | 100% | 11 | 1:801,588 | 9,931 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 11 | 1:3,441 | 418 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 10 | 1:184,315 | 1,771 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 10 | 1:87,108 | 2,498 |
| Guam | - | 10 | 1:16,065 | 1,791 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 10 | 1:19,435,768 | 100,312 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 9 | 1:529,772 | 7,736 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 8 | 1:752,292 | 11,019 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 7 | 1:8,757 | 1,332 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 6 | 1:5,437,253 | 29,511 |
| Algeria | - | 6 | 1:6,362,787 | 10,855 |
| Cambodia | - | 6 | 1:2,712,222 | 28,071 |
| Macau | - | 6 | 1:101,368 | 818 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 6 | 1:409,793 | 5,154 |
| Ukraine | - | 6 | 1:7,583,318 | 11,559 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 5 | 1:4,753,936 | 76,486 |
| Tunisia | - | 5 | 1:135,380 | 6,628 |
| Anguilla | - | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Armenia | 100% | 4 | 1:729,688 | 7,125 |
| El Salvador | - | 4 | 1:1,585,446 | 8,153 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Georgia | - | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 4 | 1:2,389 | 151 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Albania | 75% | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 2 | 1:3,158 | 343 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Raphaèl (697), Raphaêl (65), Raphaél (21), Râphael (1) & Raphäël (1) are calculated separately.
Raphael (172,901) may also be a surname.
Raphael Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘healing of the Lord’ the name of one of the archangels. It was used as a personal name among the Jews, and as a christian name in Italy in the Middle Ages. In England it seems always to be Jewish.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Hebrew, ‘the medicine of God,’ Raphael was therefore a very suitable angel to guide Tobias and heal his father: see Tobias, Tobit. The -ph- spelling, which results from Greek influence, is that current in England, France and Germany; but in Italy and Spain, where the name is more general, the spelling is respectively Raffaelle and Rafael. (Yonge.)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The Scripture name, in Hebrew רָפָאֵל, R’phaél, from raphá-El, healed of God, or whom God healed.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Hebrew (masculine) - Healing of God.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Hebrew name, meaning: God healeth.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Raphael Forename Popularity
Raphael Demographics
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Sample size: 4 (2016)
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