Rafees Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Rafees Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
Rafees (73) may also be a first name.
Rafees Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafees Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rafees occurs most in India. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafees? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rafees is the 2,909,720th most commonly used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Rafees live; 80 percent live in South Asia and 53 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,134,117th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 73 people.
It is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 30,682,615. In India it is most common in: Kerala, where 88 percent reside, Delhi, where 4 percent reside and Jammu and Kashmir, where 4 percent reside. Barring India it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 24 percent reside and Qatar, where 20 percent reside.
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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 Rafees
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