Rafeez Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Rafeez Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 87 | 1:2,053,378 | 19,549 |
| India | 41 | 1:18,708,912 | 282,725 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Rafeez (361) may also be a first name.
Rafeez Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafeez Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rafeez occurs most in Pakistan. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafeez? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rafeez is the 1,544,715th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Rafeez live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Rafeez is also the 458,188th most commonly used given name throughout the world, borne by 361 people.
Rafeez is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 2,053,378. In Pakistan it is primarily found in: Punjab, where 36 percent live, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 29 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 21 percent live. Barring Pakistan it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 31 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 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 Rafeez
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