de Rafael Surname

637,196th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 478 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

de Rafael Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Rafael Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines2061:491,44858,185
Spain841:556,57226,793
Mexico721:1,723,97517,448
Dominican Republic461:226,8038,136
Argentina291:1,473,91182,038
France281:2,372,240182,981
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
England21:27,859,030389,889
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

de Rafael Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Rafael Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name de Rafael is found in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Rafael? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 637,196th most prevalent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 15,245,912 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 43 percent of de Rafael reside; 43 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 43 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.

This surname is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 206 people, or 1 in 491,448. In The Philippines de Rafael is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Visayas, where 65 percent reside, Calabarzon, where 13 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 9 percent reside. Excluding The Philippines this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 18 percent reside and Mexico, where 15 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Raffael952/
de Rafaele952/
de Raffaele9064/
da Rafael891/
de Raphael8441/
de Rafayal841/
di Raffaele80344/
da Raphael741/
de Raffoul741/
Di-Raffaele702/

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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 de Rafael
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