Al Rifi Surname

975,866th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 265 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kuwait
Highest density in:
Kuwait

Al Rifi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Rifi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kuwait1061:35,8564,508
Jordan571:155,1308,553
Syria251:772,0416,079
Yemen251:1,057,01211,599
Palestine171:267,57910,328
Lebanon161:352,31810,901
Israel91:950,84857,975
Tunisia61:101,77114,710
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372

Al Rifi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Al Rifi Come From? nationality or country of origin

Al Rifi occurs more in Kuwait more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Al Rifi? popularity and diffusion

Al Rifi is the 975,866th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,500,173 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Al Rifi live; 98 percent live in West Asia and 51 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

The last name Al Rifi is most frequently occurring in Kuwait, where it is carried by 106 people, or 1 in 35,856. Other than Kuwait Al Rifi is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Jordan, where 22 percent live and Syria, where 9 percent live.

Al Rifi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Al Rifi last name is primarily Latin Catholic (80%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Al Rifai9347,279/
Al Riffi9381/
Al Ridfi935/
Al Reifi934/
Al Rifii931/
Al Rifei931/
Al Rifaih8885/
Al Rifaai884/
Al Rifais882/
Al Ridfai881/
Al Rifaiz881/
Al Rifa863,404/
Al-Rifi861,701/
Al Rufi861/
Al Rify861/
Al-Rifai801,312/
Al Rifay8032/
Al Riffa8013/
Al Rifaa806/
Al-Riffai755/
Al Riefaa751/
Al-Rifaai751/
Al-Rifa'ai712/
Al-Rifahie711/
Al Refa711/
Al-Refi711/
Al Refai671,310/
Al-Reefi674/
Al Refaa674/
Al-Rifay673/
Al Rufai672/
Al Refay671/
Al-Rifaa671/
Al-Reffi671/
Al Rufeh671/
Al Rayfa671/

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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
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  • 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 Al Rifi
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