Rafatu Surname

459,064th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 736 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ghana

Rafatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Rafatu 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
Nigeria4581:386,77520,431
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Rafatu (21,560) may also be a first name.

Rafatu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rafatu (Hindi: रफातु) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Rafatu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rafatu? popularity and diffusion

Rafatu is the 459,064th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 9,901,557 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rafatu live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Rafatu is also the 35,757th most commonly used forename on earth, borne by 21,560 people.

The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 458 people, or 1 in 386,775. In Nigeria Rafatu is most frequent in: Oyo, where 21 percent reside, Lagos, where 18 percent reside and Osun, where 16 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 38 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.

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
Rafaatu9223/
Rafatus925/
Rafathu921/
Rafatou921/
Raffatu921/
Rafahtu921/
Rafahatu861/
Rafaitou861/
Rafetu832/
Rafatoe7713/
Rafoutu771/
Raphatu771/
Rafeethu714/
Roufatou711/
Roufaatou6723/
Roufa'atou631/
Raphotu622/
Reifotu621/
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Rafatu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rafatu in the Hindi language
रफातुraphatu66.67
रफातूraphatu33.33

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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 Rafatu
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