Rafate Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Rafate Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 91 | 1:843,764 | 41,424 |
| Argentina | 17 | 1:2,514,318 | 114,515 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Rafate (25) may also be a first name.
Rafate Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafate Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rafate (Hindi: रफाते) occurs in Iran more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Rafate click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafate? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,727,723rd most widespread family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. The surname Rafate occurs mostly in Asia, where 82 percent of Rafate are found; 81 percent are found in South Asia and 81 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 25 people.
The last name Rafate is most numerous in Iran, where it is held by 91 people, or 1 in 843,764. In Iran Rafate is primarily found in: West Azerbaijan Province, where 46 percent live, Tehran Province, where 25 percent live and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 12 percent live. Aside from Iran it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 15 percent live and Egypt, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rafate Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rafate in the Hindi language | ||
| रफाते | raphate | - |
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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 Rafate
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