Rafedah Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Singapore

Rafedah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rafedah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

Rafedah (246) may also be a first name.

Rafedah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rafedah occurs most in Malaysia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Rafedah.

How Common Is The Last Name Rafedah? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rafedah is the 8,968,613th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Rafedah are found; 75 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 50 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Rafedah is also the 569,299th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 246 people.

Rafedah is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia Rafedah is most prevalent in: Kuala Lumpur, where 50 percent live and Malacca, where 50 percent live. Barring Malaysia it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Singapore, where 25 percent live and Syria, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rafeda922/
Rafidah86607/
Rafeeda8629/
Rafadah866/
Rofedah861/
Rafeida861/
Rafedha861/
Rafaidah8022/
Rofaedah807/
Rafeedha804/
Rafiddah801/
Rafida77317/
Rafada77187/
Refeda772/
Rofidah71625/
Rafidha715/
Ravidah713/
Rafidat711/
Rofieda711/
Rafidap711/
Rafhada711/
Rofaidah67114/
Rofidhah676/
Roufieda671/
Rapheday670/
Raffiday670/

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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 Rafedah
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