Rafas Surname
Approximately 174 people bear this surname
Rafas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 113 | 1:895,913 | 81,345 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Algeria | 7 | 1:5,518,793 | 51,529 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
The alternate forms: Rafás (16) & Rafàs (2) are calculated separately.
Rafas (68) may also be a first name.
Rafas Demographics
Average Rafas Salary in
United States
$25,025 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Rafas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rafas (Hindi: रफस, Marathi: रफस) is found in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Rafás or Rafàs. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,300,225th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 70 percent of Rafas live; 65 percent live in Southeast Asia and 65 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,181,159th most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 68 people.
The last name is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 895,913. In The Philippines Rafas is primarily concentrated in: Calabarzon, where 49 percent live, Mimaropa, where 19 percent live and National Capital Region, where 15 percent live. Outside of The Philippines this surname occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 10 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Rafas Last Name Statistics demography
Rafas earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 42% less than the national average, earning $25,025 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rafas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rafas in the Marathi language | ||
| रफस | raphasa | - |
| Rafas in the Hindi language | ||
| रफस | raphasa | 50 |
| रफास | raphasa | 50 |
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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 Rafas
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