Rafeah Surname
Approximately 415 people bear this surname
Rafeah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 399 | 1:331,452 | 28,960 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Rafeah (4,912) may also be a first name.
Rafeah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafeah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rafeah occurs most in Indonesia. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafeah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rafeah is the 707,442nd most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 17,560,352 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Rafeah live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 97,263rd most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 4,912 people.
Rafeah is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is held by 399 people, or 1 in 331,452. In Indonesia Rafeah is most frequent in: West Kalimantan, where 38 percent are found, Riau, where 20 percent are found and South Kalimantan, where 17 percent are found. Other than Indonesia it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 3 percent are found and Pakistan, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Rafeah
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