Rafaa Surname
Approximately 2,599 people bear this surname
Rafaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,068 | 1:36,172 | 6,553 |
| Morocco | 818 | 1:42,147 | 6,853 |
| Iran | 318 | 1:241,454 | 18,445 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| France | 69 | 1:962,648 | 108,938 |
| Mauritania | 38 | 1:107,760 | 6,553 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Tunisia | 7 | 1:87,232 | 13,677 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
The alternate forms: Rafaâ (1) & Rafaå (1) are calculated separately.
Rafaa (5,181) may also be a first name.
Rafaa Demographics
Average Rafaa Salary in
United States
$96,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Rafaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rafaa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺭﺍﻓﻊ) is carried by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Rafaâ or Rafaå. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafaa? popularity and diffusion
Rafaa is the 166,519th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,803,981 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Rafaa live; 81 percent live in North Africa and 73 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 94,101st most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 5,181 people.
The surname Rafaa is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is held by 1,068 people, or 1 in 36,172. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Souk Ahras Province, where 26 percent reside, Médéa Province, where 19 percent reside and Boumerdès Province, where 19 percent reside. Barring Algeria it occurs in 27 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 31 percent reside and Iran, where 12 percent reside.
Rafaa Last Name Statistics demography
Rafaa earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 123.06% more than the national average, earning $96,250 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rafaa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rafaa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺭﺍﻓﻊ | raf | 60 |
| ﺭﻓﺎﻉ | rfa | 15 |
| ﺍﻟﺮﻓﺎﻉ | alrfa | 15 |
| ﺍﻟﺮﻓﻌﻪ | alrfh | 10 |
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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 Rafaa
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