Rafam Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Rafam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
Rafam (40) may also be a first name.
Rafam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rafam (Hindi: रफम) occurs more in Iran more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,882,373rd most prevalent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Rafam reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 81 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Rafam is also the 1,614,485th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 40 people.
This last name is most numerous in Iran, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 4,265,696. In Iran Rafam is most numerous in: Hormozgan Province, where 89 percent are found, Bushehr Province, where 6 percent are found and Khuzestan Province, where 6 percent are found. Besides Iran this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 15 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rafaim | 91 | 36 | / |
| Raufam | 91 | 27 | / |
| Rahfam | 91 | 2 | / |
| Rafame | 91 | 2 | / |
| Rahafam | 83 | 29 | / |
| Rafan | 80 | 1,127 | / |
| Refam | 80 | 6 | / |
| Rafom | 80 | 3 | / |
| Rofam | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hrafatmh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Raffan | 73 | 758 | / |
| Raifan | 73 | 368 | / |
| Radfan | 73 | 320 | / |
| Rafain | 73 | 164 | / |
| Rafhan | 73 | 133 | / |
| Raufan | 73 | 47 | / |
| Rafane | 73 | 43 | / |
| Rafang | 73 | 27 | / |
| Rayfan | 73 | 13 | / |
| Rasfan | 73 | 12 | / |
| Rahfan | 73 | 10 | / |
| Rafgan | 73 | 7 | / |
| Rafaan | 73 | 3 | / |
| Rapfan | 73 | 3 | / |
| Rafann | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rofaim | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ratfan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rapham | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rafanh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rajfan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rafant | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rafatn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Refaam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rafhaan | 67 | 100 | / |
| Raffane | 67 | 70 | / |
| Rafaine | 67 | 68 | / |
| Radfang | 67 | 10 | / |
| Rafanne | 67 | 10 | / |
| Raphaim | 67 | 5 | / |
| Rashfan | 67 | 4 | / |
| Rajfane | 67 | 3 | / |
| Radfann | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rahafan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rajhfan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rafaten | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rhafane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Raifome | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rafayne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Raffayn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rahufan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rafhain | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rathfan | 67 | 0 | / |
Rafam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rafam in the Hindi language | ||
| रफम | raphama | 83.33 |
| रफाम | raphama | 16.67 |
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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 Rafam
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