Rafari Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Kyrgyzstan

Rafari Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rafari Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran101:7,678,252153,484
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Rafari (14) may also be a first name.

Rafari Last Name Facts

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

Rafari (Russian: Рафари) is more commonly found in Iran than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Rafari click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rafari? popularity and diffusion

Rafari is the 4,034,050th most widespread surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 79 percent of Rafari live; 46 percent live in South Asia and 42 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Rafari is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 14 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 7,678,252. In Iran it is primarily found in: Tehran Province, where 60 percent are found, Alborz Province, where 10 percent are found and Ardabil Province, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Iran this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 21 percent are found and Argentina, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Radfari9216/
Rafaeri924/
Rhafari921/
Rafairi921/
Radfarid865/
Rhaffari861/
Rafara833,108/
Rafare8322/
Raferi835/
Refari835/
Rafary832/
Raffara7737/
Rahvari7732/
Rofario7715/
Rafouri773/
Rayfare772/
Raphari772/
Rafaire772/
Rodfari771/
Roufari771/
Rafaraj771/
Rafarez771/
Rhofari771/
Reyfari771/
Rhafouri71136/
Rheffari71136/
Rahavari7115/
Rhoufari7114/
Rathfori711/
Raafaroj711/
Raffaray711/
Rahavarai677/
Refare675/
Raiphairi675/
Ráfare673/
Roferi672/
Rafery671/
Rosfarais671/
Rafora671/
Rafere671/
Rhoufairi671/

Rafari Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rafari in the Russian language
Рафариrafari-

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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 Rafari
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