Rafahat Surname
Approximately 129 people bear this surname
Rafahat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 118 | 1:650,699 | 35,122 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Rafahat (235) may also be a first name.
Rafahat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafahat Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rafahat (Hindi: रफहत, Marathi: रफहत) is held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Rafahat click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafahat? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,581,912th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Rafahat are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 91 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 584,346th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 235 people.
The surname Rafahat is most frequently held in Iran, where it is held by 118 people, or 1 in 650,699. In Iran Rafahat is most numerous in: Fars Province, where 42 percent reside, Isfahan Province, where 40 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 15 percent reside. Other than Iran this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 8 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rafahat Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rafahat in the Hindi language | ||
| रफहत | raphahata | 89.19 |
| रफाहत | raphahata | 10.81 |
| Rafahat in the Marathi language | ||
| रफहत | raphahata | 88 |
| रफाहत | raphahata | 8 |
| रफहतान | raphahatana | 4 |
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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 Rafahat
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