Rafeeq Surname

1,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 398,457 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Rafeeq Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rafeeq Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan384,6591:46467
India9,2621:82,8195,565
Saudi Arabia2,6631:11,5871,602
United Arab Emirates1,1111:8,2471,032
Qatar1841:12,8151,406
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
Kuwait1161:32,7654,071
Maldives811:4,990456
United States311:11,692,224454,091
England311:1,797,35772,927
Iraq311:1,129,73113,630
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
Trinidad and Tobago141:97,4276,588
Oman121:307,3314,704
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Guyana51:152,4449,017
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Rafeeq (67,988) may also be a first name.

Rafeeq Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rafeeq Come From? nationality or country of origin

Rafeeq (Hindi: रफीक, Marathi: रफ़ीक़) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rafeeq? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,361st most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 18,289 people. Rafeeq occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Rafeeq reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Rafeeq is also the 14,214th most frequently used given name on earth It is held by 67,988 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is held by 384,659 people, or 1 in 464. In Pakistan Rafeeq is most frequent in: Punjab, where 62 percent live, Sindh, where 17 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 10 percent live. Other than Pakistan it is found in 38 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent live.

Rafeeq Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Rafeeq earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 29.85% more than the national average, earning $56,031 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.08% less than the national average, earning $48,652 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Rafeeq Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rafeeq in the Marathi language
रफ़ीक़rafiqa-
Rafeeq in the Hindi language
रफीकraphika84.1
रफीक़raphiqa6.28
रफ़ीकrafika5.36
रफीक़raphiqa3.88
रफ़ीक़rafiqa0.18
रफ़ीक़rafiqa0.18

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  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Rafeeq
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