Rafaila Surname
Approximately 1,154 people bear this surname
Rafaila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 857 | 1:23,428 | 2,994 |
| Philippines | 275 | 1:368,139 | 48,665 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Rafailă (97) are calculated separately.
Rafaila (366) may also be a first name.
Rafaila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafaila Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rafaila (Marathi: रफाईला) is held by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Rafailă. Click here for further potential spellings of Rafaila.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafaila? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rafaila is the 323,175th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 6,315,031 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 76 percent of Rafaila reside; 74 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 74 percent reside in Romanian Europe. It is also the 454,857th most frequent first name internationally, held by 366 people.
The last name is most frequent in Romania, where it is borne by 857 people, or 1 in 23,428. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Sibiu County, where 15 percent reside, Gorj County, where 14 percent reside and Vrancea County, where 13 percent reside. Beside Romania this surname exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 24 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rafaila Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rafaila in the Marathi language | ||
| रफाईला | rapha'ila | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Rafaila
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis