Rafafi Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Qatar

Rafafi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rafafi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Rafafi (16) may also be a first name.

Rafafi Last Name Facts

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

Rafafi is held by more people in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rafafi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rafafi is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of Rafafi are found; 40 percent are found in South Asia and 40 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Rafafi is also the 2,786,762nd most numerous forename worldwide, borne by 16 people.

The surname Rafafi is most commonly held in Afghanistan, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 32,153,183. In Afghanistan Rafafi is primarily concentrated in: Ghor, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Afghanistan this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 20 percent are found and Indonesia, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rafafa832/
Refafi831/
Rafoufi774/
Roufafi772/
Raphafi771/
Rafafer771/
Refaifi771/
Rafasfy771/
Raffoufi711/
Rafapha62148/
Reffafe621/
Reffoufi57237/
Rafhöfer572/
Rafeiffer530/

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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 Rafafi
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