Rafeek Surname
Approximately 14,286 people bear this surname
Rafeek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 5,262 | 1:3,954 | 571 |
| India | 3,103 | 1:247,201 | 14,365 |
| Egypt | 2,014 | 1:45,648 | 4,549 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,709 | 1:18,055 | 2,487 |
| United Arab Emirates | 964 | 1:9,504 | 1,201 |
| Qatar | 359 | 1:6,568 | 697 |
| Kuwait | 202 | 1:18,815 | 2,493 |
| Guyana | 160 | 1:4,764 | 839 |
| United States | 123 | 1:2,946,821 | 172,836 |
| Bahrain | 88 | 1:15,325 | 3,085 |
| Pakistan | 57 | 1:3,134,103 | 24,953 |
| Malaysia | 47 | 1:627,537 | 30,158 |
| England | 44 | 1:1,266,320 | 57,817 |
| Canada | 38 | 1:969,621 | 73,252 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 32 | 1:42,624 | 3,925 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Oman | 12 | 1:307,331 | 4,704 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
Rafeek (17,062) may also be a first name.
Rafeek Demographics
Average Rafeek Salary in
United States
$40,778 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Rafeek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafeek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rafeek (Hindi: रफीक) occurs most in Sri Lanka. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafeek? popularity and diffusion
It is the 36,913th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 510,118 people. The surname Rafeek is predominantly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Rafeek reside; 59 percent reside in South Asia and 58 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 42,429th most commonly held forename worldwide It is held by 17,062 people.
The last name is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 5,262 people, or 1 in 3,954. Aside from Sri Lanka Rafeek exists in 33 countries. It is also common in India, where 22 percent are found and Egypt, where 14 percent are found.
Rafeek Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Rafeek last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 75% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Rafeek earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 5.49% less than the national average, earning $40,778 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.46% less than the national average, earning $41,504 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rafeek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rafeek in the Hindi language | ||
| रफीक | raphika | - |
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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 Rafeek
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