Rafeeque Surname
Approximately 4,960 people bear this surname
Rafeeque Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,482 | 1:309,051 | 17,298 |
| Pakistan | 911 | 1:196,096 | 4,829 |
| Saudi Arabia | 835 | 1:36,953 | 5,288 |
| United Arab Emirates | 502 | 1:18,252 | 2,160 |
| Kuwait | 116 | 1:32,765 | 4,071 |
| Qatar | 81 | 1:29,111 | 3,031 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Oman | 6 | 1:614,662 | 6,082 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Rafeeque (6,684) may also be a first name.
Rafeeque Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafeeque Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rafeeque (Hindi: रफीक, Marathi: रफ़ीक़ुए) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafeeque? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 95,926th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,469,263 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Rafeeque are found; 68 percent are found in South Asia and 48 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 79,951st most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 6,684 people.
Rafeeque is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 2,482 people, or 1 in 309,051. In India it is most numerous in: Kerala, where 90 percent live, Lakshadweep, where 4 percent live and Telangana, where 2 percent live. Aside from India this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 18 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rafeeque Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rafeeque in the Hindi language | ||
| रफीक | raphika | - |
| Rafeeque in the Marathi language | ||
| रफ़ीक़ुए | rafiqu'e | 60 |
| फ़ेक़ुए | fequ'e | 20 |
| रफ़ीक़ु | rafiqu | 20 |
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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 Rafeeque
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