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
Rafaila (Marathi: रफाईला) occurs most in Romania. It can be rendered as a variant: Rafailă. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafaila? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rafaila is the 323,175th most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 6,315,031 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 76 percent of Rafaila live; 74 percent live in Eastern Europe and 74 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 454,857th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 366 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Romania, where it is held by 857 people, or 1 in 23,428. In Romania it is mostly found in: Sibiu County, where 15 percent live, Gorj County, where 14 percent live and Vrancea County, where 13 percent live. Excluding Romania this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 24 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rafaila Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rafaila in the Marathi language | ||
| रफाईला | rapha'ila | - |
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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 Rafaila
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