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 found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Rafatu.

How Common Is The Last Name Rafatu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 459,064th most common family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 9,901,557 people. Rafatu is primarily 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 frequently held given name in the world, held by 21,560 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 458 people, or 1 in 386,775. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Oyo, where 21 percent are found, Lagos, where 18 percent are found and Osun, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Rafatu occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 38 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.

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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