Rafda Surname
Approximately 139 people bear this surname
Rafda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 138 | 1:191,488 | 8,354 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Rafda (109) may also be a first name.
Rafda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafda Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rafda is found most frequently in Yemen. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafda? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,504,764th most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 52,428,388 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Rafda are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 99 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 900,062nd most common forename throughout the world, held by 109 people.
The surname Rafda is most widely held in Yemen, where it is held by 138 people, or 1 in 191,488. In Yemen it is primarily concentrated in: Al Mahwit Governorate, where 100 percent live. Barring Yemen this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Syria, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rafdah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Rajfdas | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rawda | 80 | 7,529 | / |
| Rafdi | 80 | 713 | / |
| Rafdy | 80 | 134 | / |
| Rabda | 80 | 84 | / |
| Ravda | 80 | 79 | / |
| Refda | 80 | 31 | / |
| Rafdo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rafde | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rawdah | 73 | 3,878 | / |
| Rabdau | 73 | 177 | / |
| Ravdas | 73 | 102 | / |
| Rawdha | 73 | 9 | / |
| Raibda | 73 | 8 | / |
| Rafdeh | 73 | 8 | / |
| Rafdhi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ravdha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Raavda | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ravdaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Raubda | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rhabda | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rabdah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rawdaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rabhda | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rabdha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rabdeau | 67 | 55 | / |
| Raivdas | 67 | 21 | / |
| Rajvdha | 67 | 3 | / |
| Rawdaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Roufdai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rahabda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ravdeau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ravdais | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ravdash | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Rafda
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis