Rafał Surname

471,721st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 711 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Rafał Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rafał Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland7071:53,7618,467
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Rafał (178,262) may also be a first name.

Rafał Last Name Facts

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

Rafał is found in Poland more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rafał? popularity and diffusion

It is the 471,721st most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 10,249,713 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rafał reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in West Slavic Europe. Rafał is also the 5,899th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 178,262 people.

This last name is most numerous in Poland, where it is held by 707 people, or 1 in 53,761. Barring Poland Rafał is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raffał918/
Rachfał83147/
Rafal802,709/
Rafald7337/
Rafaul7326/
Rafalt7320/
Raffal7320/
Rafale7318/
Raifal7315/
Rafhal738/
Rafall737/
Rafaal736/
Rafaël734/
Rasfal734/
Raufal733/
Rayfal733/
Raafal731/
Hrafal731/
Rajfal731/
Rafahl730/
Raffalt67218/
Rachfal67115/
Rafalle6783/
Rayfale6723/
Rafault6723/
Raffale6712/
Rashfal679/
Raifale676/
Rafaatl674/
Rasfale672/
Rafasel672/
Rafatel672/
Raffaul671/
Raffald671/
Rafaële671/
Rafasil671/

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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 Rafał
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