Rafek Surname
Approximately 752 people bear this surname
Rafek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 580 | 1:158,510 | 12,069 |
| Malaysia | 64 | 1:460,847 | 23,445 |
| India | 31 | 1:24,744,045 | 333,161 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Serbia | 9 | 1:793,883 | 26,061 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Guyana | 4 | 1:190,555 | 9,777 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Rafek (1,951) may also be a first name.
Rafek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rafek (Hindi: रफीक, Marathi: रफीेक) is most common in Egypt. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafek? popularity and diffusion
Rafek is the 451,630th most commonly held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 9,690,886 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Rafek live; 77 percent live in North Africa and 77 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Rafek is also the 171,598th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 1,951 people.
The last name is most numerous in Egypt, where it is held by 580 people, or 1 in 158,510. Beside Egypt this surname exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 9 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rafek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rafek in the Hindi language | ||
| रफीक | raphika | 68.75 |
| रफेक | rapheka | 18.75 |
| राफेक | rapheka | 12.5 |
| Rafek in the Marathi language | ||
| रफीेक | raphieka | 61.29 |
| राफेक | rapheka | 22.58 |
| रफेक | rapheka | 12.9 |
| रफीॅक | raphieka | 3.23 |
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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 Rafek
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