Rafai Surname
Approximately 9,309 people bear this surname
Rafai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 4,113 | 1:9,393 | 1,622 |
| Morocco | 2,420 | 1:14,246 | 2,105 |
| France | 440 | 1:150,961 | 23,407 |
| Serbia | 372 | 1:19,207 | 2,213 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| Indonesia | 225 | 1:587,774 | 46,897 |
| Romania | 204 | 1:98,421 | 11,212 |
| India | 191 | 1:4,016,049 | 108,912 |
| Nigeria | 165 | 1:1,073,592 | 44,679 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Spain | 134 | 1:348,896 | 20,016 |
| Hungary | 125 | 1:78,530 | 7,915 |
| Pakistan | 103 | 1:1,734,407 | 17,708 |
| Malaysia | 67 | 1:440,212 | 22,576 |
| United States | 43 | 1:8,429,278 | 367,833 |
| Iran | 40 | 1:1,919,563 | 69,574 |
| Niger | 23 | 1:834,436 | 19,133 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Slovakia | 16 | 1:333,528 | 46,365 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| Ukraine | 9 | 1:5,058,077 | 228,455 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Rafaï (18) are calculated separately.
Rafai (1,130) may also be a first name.
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Rafai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rafai (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺮﻓﻴﻊ, Hindi: राफै, Marathi: रफाई) is found most frequently in Algeria. It can also be found as a variant: Rafaï. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 54,676th most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 782,849 people. The last name Rafai occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Rafai are found; 72 percent are found in North Africa and 70 percent are found in Mahgreb. Rafai is also the 236,919th most frequently held given name worldwide It is held by 1,130 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Algeria, where it is held by 4,113 people, or 1 in 9,393. In Algeria Rafai is mostly concentrated in: El Taref Province, where 31 percent are found, Biskra Province, where 11 percent are found and Tizi Ouzou Province, where 8 percent are found. Barring Algeria it is found in 45 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 26 percent are found and France, where 5 percent are found.
Rafai Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Rafai surname are 25.96% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 72.73% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Rafai earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 44.03% less than the national average, earning 193,718 kr per year; in United States they earn 19.09% less than the national average, earning $34,910 USD per year and in Canada they earn 38.04% less than the national average, earning $30,783 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rafai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rafai in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺮﻓﻴﻊ | alrfy | - |
| Rafai in the Marathi language | ||
| रफाई | rapha'i | 90.32 |
| रफई | rapha'i | 9.68 |
| Rafai in the Hindi language | ||
| राफै | raphai | 42.86 |
| रफई | rapha'i | 19.05 |
| रफै | raphai | 14.29 |
| रफाई | rapha'i | 14.29 |
| रफाी | raphai | 9.52 |
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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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- 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 Rafai
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