Rafau Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Rafau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
Rafau (74) may also be a first name.
Rafau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rafau (Hindi: रफउ, Marathi: रफऊ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,661,929th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The last name Rafau occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Rafau are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,125,792nd most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 74 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 3,936,506. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 33 percent are found, Kwara, where 29 percent are found and Lagos, where 27 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 8 percent are found and Poland, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rafau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rafau in the Marathi language | ||
| रफऊ | rapha'u | - |
| Rafau in the Hindi language | ||
| रफउ | rapha'u | 25 |
| रफाऊ | rapha'u | 25 |
| रफऊ | rapha'u | 25 |
| रफौ | raphau | 12.5 |
| रफाउ | rapha'u | 12.5 |
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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 Rafau
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