Rafaels Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Latvia

Rafaels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rafaels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States501:7,249,179331,838
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295

Rafaels (45) may also be a first name.

Rafaels Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rafaels is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Rafaels click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rafaels? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,718,172nd most frequently used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Rafaels live; 98 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,504,468th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 45 people.

Rafaels is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 7,249,179. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Maryland, where 58 percent live, Virginia, where 18 percent live and Florida, where 12 percent live. Besides The United States this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Latvia, where 2 percent live.

Rafaels Last Name Statistics demography

Rafaels earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.73% more than the national average, earning $47,781 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rafaeles93144/
Rafels92125/
Rafaelles881/
Raffels8636/
Rafails861/
Rafiels861/
Rafls831/
Rafailes80244/
Raaffels8065/
Raphaels8019/
Rafaelez801/
Raffells801/
Rafles77390/
Raflse771/
Raphael's751/
Raffles71339/
Reufels71132/
Raphels719/
Raflesz715/
Reifels712/
Raflese712/
Raffelz712/
Rhafles711/
Ráfeles711/
Reffels711/
Refells711/
Rothfels6779/
Raffills6775/
Reffells6716/
Rapheals672/
Reuffels671/
Refles6211/
Rofles623/
Refils622/
Raflez621/
Raphls621/
Rohfls621/
Rofils621/
Rohfles573/

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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 Rafaels
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