Rafay Surname
Approximately 2,183 people bear this surname
Rafay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 1,166 | 1:153,211 | 4,142 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| United Arab Emirates | 96 | 1:95,440 | 8,441 |
| India | 90 | 1:8,522,949 | 175,347 |
| United States | 72 | 1:5,034,152 | 256,679 |
| Slovakia | 35 | 1:152,470 | 27,208 |
| Hungary | 19 | 1:516,646 | 32,401 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Oman | 10 | 1:368,797 | 5,193 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Rafay (3,286) may also be a first name.
Rafay Demographics
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Rafay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rafay (Hindi: रफाय, Marathi: रफाय, Russian: Рафай) is most common in Pakistan. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 192,807th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 3,338,317 people. Rafay occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of Rafay are found; 58 percent are found in South Asia and 53 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 124,836th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 3,286 people.
This surname is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is held by 1,166 people, or 1 in 153,211. In Pakistan Rafay is most frequent in: Sindh, where 61 percent reside, Punjab, where 27 percent reside and Balochistan, where 5 percent reside. Not including Pakistan this last name is found in 27 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 16 percent reside and Morocco, where 6 percent reside.
Rafay Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Rafay last name are 11.06% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 64.29% registered to vote for the political party.
Rafay earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.76% more than the national average, earning $43,908 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rafay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rafay in the Hindi language | ||
| रफाय | raphaya | - |
| Rafay in the Marathi language | ||
| रफाय | raphaya | - |
| Rafay in the Russian language | ||
| Рафай | rafaj | - |
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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 Rafay
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