Rafee Surname
Approximately 12,847 people bear this surname
Rafee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 3,695 | 1:43,128 | 2,485 |
| Pakistan | 3,166 | 1:56,426 | 2,208 |
| Iran | 2,507 | 1:30,627 | 3,704 |
| Malaysia | 828 | 1:35,621 | 2,976 |
| Egypt | 763 | 1:120,492 | 9,804 |
| Saudi Arabia | 596 | 1:51,772 | 7,760 |
| India | 511 | 1:1,501,106 | 56,456 |
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| United Arab Emirates | 178 | 1:51,473 | 5,061 |
| Qatar | 87 | 1:27,103 | 2,847 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| United States | 41 | 1:8,840,462 | 379,649 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Guyana | 16 | 1:47,639 | 4,360 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Rafee (5,079) may also be a first name.
Rafee Demographics
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Rafee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafee Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rafee (Hindi: रफी) is more commonly found in Bangladesh than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafee? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 40,760th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 567,257 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Rafee reside; 79 percent reside in South Asia and 73 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 95,295th most commonly used forename internationally, borne by 5,079 people.
The last name is most widespread in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 3,695 people, or 1 in 43,128. Barring Bangladesh Rafee is found in 38 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 25 percent are found and Iran, where 20 percent are found.
Rafee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Rafee has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Rafee surname expanded 820 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Rafee Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Rafee surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75% being registered with the party.
Rafee earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 50.77% more than the national average, earning $65,055 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rafee Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rafee in the Hindi language | ||
| रफी | raphi | - |
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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 Rafee
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