Rafam Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Rafam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rafam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran181:4,265,696111,937
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420

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

The surname Rafam (Hindi: रफम) is found most frequently in Iran. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Rafam click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rafam? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,882,373rd most frequent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. Rafam occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Rafam are found; 96 percent are found in South Asia and 81 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Rafam is also the 1,614,485th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 40 people.

The last name is most widely held in Iran, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 4,265,696. In Iran it is most prevalent in: Hormozgan Province, where 89 percent are found, Bushehr Province, where 6 percent are found and Khuzestan Province, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Iran this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 15 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 12 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rafaim9136/
Raufam9127/
Rahfam912/
Rafame912/
Rahafam8329/
Rafan801,127/
Refam806/
Rafom803/
Rofam801/
Hrafatmh771/
Raffan73758/
Raifan73368/
Radfan73320/
Rafain73164/
Rafhan73133/
Raufan7347/
Rafane7343/
Rafang7327/
Rayfan7313/
Rasfan7312/
Rahfan7310/
Rafgan737/
Rafaan733/
Rapfan733/
Rafann731/
Rofaim731/
Ratfan731/
Rapham731/
Rafanh731/
Rajfan731/
Rafant731/
Rafatn731/
Refaam731/
Rafhaan67100/
Raffane6770/
Rafaine6768/
Radfang6710/
Rafanne6710/
Raphaim675/
Rashfan674/
Rajfane673/
Radfann672/
Rahafan671/
Rajhfan671/
Rafaten671/
Rhafane671/
Raifome671/
Rafayne671/
Raffayn671/
Rahufan671/
Rafhain671/
Rathfan670/

Rafam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rafam in the Hindi language
रफमraphama83.33
रफामraphama16.67

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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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