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
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Rafeek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafeek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rafeek (Hindi: रफीक) is held by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Rafeek.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafeek? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 36,913th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 510,118 people. It is mostly 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 widespread forename on earth, borne by 17,062 people.
It is most prevalent in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 5,262 people, or 1 in 3,954. Beside Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 33 countries. It also occurs in India, where 22 percent live and Egypt, where 14 percent live.
Rafeek Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Rafeek surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 75% being registered to vote for the political 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
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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 Rafeek
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