Rafante Surname
Approximately 129 people bear this surname
Rafante Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 87 | 1:2,460,625 | 75,139 |
| Philippines | 41 | 1:2,469,225 | 130,198 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Rafante Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafante Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rafante is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Rafante.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafante? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,581,912th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 56,492,604 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Rafante are found; 67 percent are found in South America and 67 percent are found in Luso-South America.
Rafante is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 2,460,625. In Brazil Rafante is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 48 percent are found, Minas Gerais, where 45 percent are found and Federal District, where 3 percent are found. Beside Brazil this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 32 percent are found and Norway, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Rafante
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