Rafenku Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Rafenku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 45 | 1:45,168 | 7,359 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
Rafenku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafenku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rafenku is most common in Lesotho. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafenku? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,808,717th most commonly used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rafenku reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most common in Lesotho, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 45,168. In Lesotho it is primarily found in: Maseru District, where 53 percent live, Mafeteng District, where 31 percent live and Mohale's Hoek District, where 13 percent live. Outside of Lesotho it exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rafenkou | 93 | 1 | / |
| Rafenko | 86 | 3 | / |
| Rafeenko | 80 | 175 | / |
| Rafaenko | 80 | 110 | / |
| Rafienko | 80 | 56 | / |
| Rafyenko | 80 | 37 | / |
| Rafnuk | 77 | 2 | / |
| Rafnak | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hrafenyuk | 75 | 11 | / |
| Rafieenik | 75 | 1 | / |
| Rfnk | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ravenko | 71 | 42 | / |
| Revenku | 71 | 36 | / |
| Ravenek | 71 | 35 | / |
| Ravencu | 71 | 24 | / |
| Rafanik | 71 | 11 | / |
| Rafinki | 71 | 7 | / |
| Rufenko | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ravenok | 71 | 2 | / |
| Rifenko | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rafanky | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ravunku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rafanko | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rafoneke | 67 | 79 | / |
| Rofeenko | 67 | 43 | / |
| Ravoniku | 67 | 42 | / |
| Ryavenko | 67 | 12 | / |
| Rofyenko | 67 | 11 | / |
| Rufenack | 67 | 10 | / |
| Rafyonok | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rofienko | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rofenhek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rfunk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ryffenck | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Rafenku
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