Rafel Surname
Approximately 2,632 people bear this surname
Rafel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 1,262 | 1:126,273 | 5,065 |
| India | 373 | 1:2,056,476 | 69,972 |
| Spain | 334 | 1:139,976 | 10,510 |
| Nigeria | 188 | 1:942,249 | 40,456 |
| Argentina | 128 | 1:333,933 | 26,358 |
| United States | 122 | 1:2,970,975 | 173,956 |
| Indonesia | 65 | 1:2,034,603 | 127,068 |
| France | 41 | 1:1,620,066 | 149,911 |
| Philippines | 23 | 1:4,401,662 | 162,661 |
| Peru | 12 | 1:2,648,677 | 28,015 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 29 | 1:1,731,679 | 89,620 |
The alternate forms: Ráfel (1) are calculated separately.
Rafel (9,083) may also be a first name.
Rafel Demographics
Rafel Political Affiliation
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Rafel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rafel (Bengali: রাফেল, Hindi: रफेल, Marathi: राफेल, Oriya: ରାେଫଲ, Russian: Рафел) is found most in Bangladesh. It can also be rendered as: Ráfel. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafel? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 164,716th most frequently used last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,768,824 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 66 percent of Rafel are found; 62 percent are found in South Asia and 48 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Rafel is also the 65,313th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 9,083 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 1,262 people, or 1 in 126,273. Beside Bangladesh this last name occurs in 39 countries. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent live and Spain, where 13 percent live.
Rafel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Rafel has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 421 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Rafel Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Rafel last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% registered with the party.
Rafel earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.33% more than the national average, earning $49,331 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rafel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rafel in the Oriya language | ||
| ରାେଫଲ | raephala | 97.87 |
| ରାେଫଲ୍ | raephal | 2.13 |
| Rafel in the Bengali language | ||
| রাফেল | raphela | 75 |
| রফেল | raphela | 25 |
| Rafel in the Hindi language | ||
| रफेल | raphela | 72.22 |
| राफेल | raphela | 27.78 |
| Rafel in the Marathi language | ||
| राफेल | raphela | 54.12 |
| रफेल | raphela | 42.07 |
| राचेल | racela | 0.42 |
| राफ़ेल | rafela | 0.42 |
| रपेल | rapela | 0.21 |
| Rafel in the Russian language | ||
| Рафел | rafel | - |
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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 Rafel
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