Rafaah Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Rafaah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 8 | 1:4,019,148 | 21,487 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Rafaah (247) may also be a first name.
Rafaah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafaah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rafaah (Hindi: रफअह, Marathi: रफाह) is carried by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafaah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. Rafaah is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Rafaah reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 44 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 567,531st most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 247 people.
This last name is most widespread in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 4,019,148. In Afghanistan it is primarily found in: Kabul, where 50 percent are found, Balkh, where 25 percent are found and Parwan, where 13 percent are found. Barring Afghanistan it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 22 percent are found and Indonesia, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rafaah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rafaah in the Hindi language | ||
| रफअह | rapha'aha | - |
| Rafaah in the Marathi language | ||
| रफाह | raphaha | - |
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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 Rafaah
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