Rafeel Surname
Approximately 532 people bear this surname
Rafeel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 439 | 1:47,400 | 5,492 |
| Pakistan | 52 | 1:3,435,459 | 26,277 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Rafeel (496) may also be a first name.
Rafeel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafeel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rafeel occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafeel? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 587,571st most widespread last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 13,698,395 people. The surname Rafeel occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Rafeel are found; 96 percent are found in South Asia and 86 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Rafeel is also the 381,018th most frequently held forename throughout the world, held by 496 people.
This last name is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 439 people, or 1 in 47,400. Beside Sri Lanka this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 10 percent are found and India, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Rafeel
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