Raaft Surname

180,255th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,365 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Raaft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Raaft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt2,1051:43,6754,392
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Raaft (419) may also be a first name.

Raaft Last Name Facts

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

Raaft is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Raaft? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 180,255th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,081,415 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Raaft live; 89 percent live in North Africa and 89 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Raaft is also the 419,838th most frequent given name globally, held by 419 people.

The last name Raaft is most widespread in Egypt, where it is held by 2,105 people, or 1 in 43,675. Barring Egypt this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 10 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Raaft Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Raaft last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.

The amount Raaft earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 94.42% more than the national average, earning R 462,024 per year and in United States they earn 78.45% more than the national average, earning $77,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raafth911/
Raft892,424/
Raaf891,404/
Rahaf803,986/
Raaff80591/
Raafs80198/
Rafte80134/
Rafft80134/
Raaif8033/
Raafe8022/
Rafth8017/
Rauft8012/
Ra'ft804/
Raawt801/
Ra'af801/
Raftt801/
Raeft801/
Raasf801/
Rafht801/
Raf753,384/
Rahauf736/
Raifet732/
Raffht731/
Reafet731/
Raavte731/
Rauf67225,401/
Raab6736,977/
Rafe675,805/
Raff675,010/
Raif674,640/
Ravt674,449/
Rawf67772/
Rapf67563/
Rahf67488/
Rawt67452/
Rayf67303/
Hraf67274/
Rabt67186/
Rajf67151/
Reft67134/
Raav67128/
Roft6786/
Ravf6774/
Radf6730/
Reaf6715/
Ratv6712/
Rasf6711/
Rafs679/
Raaw677/
Razf676/
Rafh673/
Rzaf673/
Rafz673/
Rafp672/
Rhaf672/
Rafì671/
Raftova671/

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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 Raaft
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