Rafeef Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Rafeef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Rafeef (1,783) may also be a first name.
Rafeef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafeef Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rafeef occurs most in India. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafeef? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,812,366th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 73 percent of Rafeef live; 64 percent live in South Asia and 55 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Rafeef is also the 181,162nd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 1,783 people.
This surname is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 127,844,230. In India Rafeef is most prevalent in: Jammu and Kashmir, where 83 percent reside and Kerala, where 17 percent reside. Beside India Rafeef is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 27 percent reside and Iraq, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rafef | 91 | 68 | / |
| Rafeev | 83 | 94 | / |
| Rafeew | 83 | 14 | / |
| Rafief | 83 | 2 | / |
| Rafeeb | 83 | 2 | / |
| Raffef | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rafaef | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hrafeev | 77 | 10 | / |
| Roefeef | 77 | 3 | / |
| Rafif | 73 | 386 | / |
| Rafew | 73 | 8 | / |
| Refef | 73 | 2 | / |
| Rafyf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rafeyeva | 71 | 2 | / |
| Rafieyev | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rafiev | 67 | 5,305 | / |
| Rofeev | 67 | 58 | / |
| Rafyev | 67 | 22 | / |
| Rafaev | 67 | 11 | / |
| Rafouf | 67 | 6 | / |
| Rafifz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rafaif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Raffif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rifeev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Raafif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rafeva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rafews | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Rafeef
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