Rafacho Surname

1,041,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 241 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Rafacho Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rafacho Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil2221:964,29934,285
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397

Rafacho Last Name Facts

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

Rafacho is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rafacho? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,041,601st most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 30,238,780 people. The surname Rafacho occurs mostly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Rafacho reside; 92 percent reside in South America and 92 percent reside in Luso-South America.

This surname is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is borne by 222 people, or 1 in 964,299. In Brazil it is mostly found in: São Paulo, where 83 percent are found, Minas Gerais, where 9 percent are found and Paraná, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Brazil Rafacho is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 5 percent are found and Portugal, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rafaicho939/
Refacho8657/
Rafacio863/
Rafacha861/
Raphacho8015/
Raufakho805/
Rafazo771/
Roufachou751/
Rafasah7110/
Rafasha716/
Refocho711/
Rafecha711/
Raufakha675/
Rafahhah672/
Raufasha672/
Rafakhah671/
Razfasha671/

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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 Rafacho
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