Rafaralahy Surname

31,194th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Madagascar
Highest density in:
Madagascar

Rafaralahy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Rafaralahy Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Madagascar17,0741:1,385291
France411:1,620,066149,911
China41:341,830,39216,990
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Rafaralahy Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rafaralahy Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Rafaralahy occurs more in Madagascar more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rafaralahy? popularity and diffusion

Rafaralahy is the 31,194th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 425,674 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rafaralahy reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in Barito Africa.

The surname is most frequently held in Madagascar, where it is borne by 17,074 people, or 1 in 1,385. Besides Madagascar this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in France, where 0 percent live and China, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rafarala891/
Reforeala631/
Rahavaraali571/

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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 Rafaralahy
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