Rafaj Surname
Approximately 1,131 people bear this surname
Rafaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 362 | 1:14,742 | 2,073 |
| Czechia | 349 | 1:30,468 | 4,944 |
| Croatia | 253 | 1:16,714 | 3,366 |
| Hungary | 75 | 1:130,884 | 12,125 |
| United States | 34 | 1:10,660,557 | 428,392 |
| Pakistan | 16 | 1:11,165,243 | 51,703 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 1:497,535 | 21,006 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Rafaj (111) may also be a first name.
Rafaj Demographics
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Rafaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rafaj (Hindi: रफज, Marathi: रफाज) has its highest incidence in Slovakia. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafaj? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 328,117th most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 6,443,454 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Rafaj reside; 69 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 63 percent reside in West Slavic Europe. Rafaj is also the 890,531st most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 111 people.
Rafaj is most common in Slovakia, where it is carried by 362 people, or 1 in 14,742. In Slovakia it is most numerous in: Trenčín Region, where 47 percent reside, Žilina Region, where 19 percent reside and Banská Bystrica Region, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Slovakia this surname exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 31 percent reside and Croatia, where 22 percent reside.
Rafaj Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Rafaj surname are 8.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.56% registered to vote for the party.
Rafaj earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.41% more than the national average, earning $47,640 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rafaj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rafaj in the Hindi language | ||
| रफज | raphaja | 77.27 |
| रफाज | raphaja | 18.18 |
| राफज | raphaja | 4.55 |
| Rafaj in the Marathi language | ||
| रफाज | raphaja | 66.67 |
| रफज | raphaja | 33.33 |
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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 Rafaj
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