Raafia Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Raafia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
Raafia (202) may also be a first name.
Raafia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raafia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Raafia occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Raafia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,812,366th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Raafia are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 73 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 637,340th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 202 people.
The last name Raafia is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India it is most frequent in: Telangana, where 100 percent live. Beside India this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 18 percent live and The Maldives, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raaffia | 92 | 1 | / |
| Rafia | 91 | 11,259 | / |
| Rafiah | 83 | 2,125 | / |
| Rafiaa | 83 | 153 | / |
| Rafiat | 83 | 138 | / |
| Raffia | 83 | 58 | / |
| Rafija | 83 | 32 | / |
| Rafiaz | 83 | 25 | / |
| Rafiae | 83 | 14 | / |
| Rafiha | 83 | 11 | / |
| Rafiea | 83 | 8 | / |
| Raefia | 83 | 8 | / |
| Rafiad | 83 | 6 | / |
| Rafiay | 83 | 5 | / |
| Rafias | 83 | 2 | / |
| Raufia | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rafi'a | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rafiaha | 77 | 75 | / |
| Raffiah | 77 | 28 | / |
| Rafiaah | 77 | 27 | / |
| Rafieha | 77 | 23 | / |
| Rafiaee | 77 | 21 | / |
| Rafiaie | 77 | 20 | / |
| Rafiaei | 77 | 9 | / |
| Raufiat | 77 | 4 | / |
| Rafijay | 77 | 3 | / |
| Rafaiya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rafieah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rafihat | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rafiast | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rafihah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rafugia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rofia | 73 | 304 | / |
| Rafio | 73 | 265 | / |
| Refia | 73 | 98 | / |
| Ráfia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rafiehah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rofiah | 67 | 17,169 | / |
| Raffio | 67 | 260 | / |
| Rofiat | 67 | 199 | / |
| Roffia | 67 | 136 | / |
| Raviah | 67 | 83 | / |
| Rafios | 67 | 37 | / |
| Raphia | 67 | 10 | / |
| Refiah | 67 | 6 | / |
| Rosfia | 67 | 3 | / |
| Raufio | 67 | 2 | / |
| Roufia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Roofia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rafeaa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Raifio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rofiae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rafioj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rafyaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Reafio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rofiha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Refija | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Raafia
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