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
The last name Rafees occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Rafees.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafees? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rafees is the 2,909,720th most frequently held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname Rafees is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Rafees reside; 80 percent reside in South Asia and 53 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Rafees is also the 1,134,117th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 73 people.
The surname Rafees is most common in India, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 30,682,615. In India it is primarily found in: Kerala, where 88 percent live, Delhi, where 4 percent live and Jammu and Kashmir, where 4 percent live. Beside India it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 24 percent live and Qatar, where 20 percent live.
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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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