Rafeque Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Rafeque Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 85 | 1:2,101,693 | 19,804 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
Rafeque (46) may also be a first name.
Rafeque Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafeque Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rafeque occurs most in Pakistan. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafeque? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rafeque is the 1,955,159th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Rafeque are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,484,914th most widely held given name world-wide. It is borne by 46 people.
The last name is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 2,101,693. In Pakistan it is primarily found in: Sindh, where 61 percent live, Punjab, where 29 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 9 percent live. Apart from Pakistan Rafeque occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 7 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 Rafeque
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