Rafait Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Rafait Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Rafait (99) may also be a first name.
Rafait Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafait Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rafait (Hindi: रफाइत) is most common in Indonesia. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafait? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Rafait occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Rafait reside; 50 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 50 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Rafait is also the 951,070th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 99 people.
It is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 44,083,065. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: North Sumatra, where 100 percent live. Outside of Indonesia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 33 percent live and Uganda, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rafait Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rafait in the Hindi language | ||
| रफाइत | rapha'ita | 80 |
| रफैत | raphaita | 20 |
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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 Rafait
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