Raffa Surname
Approximately 9,623 people bear this surname
Raffa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 4,514 | 1:13,548 | 2,184 |
| United States | 1,656 | 1:218,876 | 21,274 |
| Argentina | 850 | 1:50,286 | 4,251 |
| Saudi Arabia | 795 | 1:38,812 | 5,622 |
| Brazil | 355 | 1:603,026 | 22,494 |
| France | 303 | 1:219,217 | 34,056 |
| Algeria | 229 | 1:168,697 | 21,190 |
| Canada | 197 | 1:187,033 | 18,476 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Australia | 115 | 1:234,745 | 22,001 |
| England | 59 | 1:944,374 | 47,923 |
| Iraq | 58 | 1:603,822 | 9,381 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| South Africa | 39 | 1:1,389,172 | 74,222 |
| Belgium | 34 | 1:338,137 | 37,845 |
| Switzerland | 28 | 1:293,318 | 23,433 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Germany | 23 | 1:3,500,237 | 154,763 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Hungary | 9 | 1:1,090,697 | 49,203 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 9 | 1:12,264 | 1,665 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 1:2,510,934 | 119,518 |
Raffa (1,171) may also be a first name.
Raffa Demographics
Average Raffa Salary in
United States
$48,155 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Raffa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raffa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Raffa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺮﻓﺎﻉ, Russian: Раффа) is found in Italy more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Raffa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 53,109th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 757,305 people. The surname Raffa is mostly found in Europe, where 52 percent of Raffa are found; 47 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 47 percent are found in Italic Europe. Raffa is also the 232,087th most frequently used given name at a global level It is held by 1,171 people.
The surname Raffa is most prevalent in Italy, where it is held by 4,514 people, or 1 in 13,548. In Italy it is most frequent in: Sicily, where 42 percent live, Calabria, where 17 percent live and Campania, where 10 percent live. Besides Italy this surname occurs in 57 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent live and Argentina, where 9 percent live.
Raffa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Raffa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Raffa surname expanded 8,280 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 5,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Raffa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Raffa are 7.58% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60.81% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Raffa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 5.58% less than the national average, earning €28,353 per year; in South Africa they earn 227.16% more than the national average, earning R 777,468 per year; in United States they earn 11.6% more than the national average, earning $48,155 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.8% more than the national average, earning $59,518 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Raffa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Raffa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺮﻓﺎﻉ | alrfa | 33.33 |
| ﺭﻓﻌﻪ | rfh | 33.33 |
| ﺭﻓﺎ | rfa | 33.33 |
| Raffa in the Russian language | ||
| Раффа | raffa | - |
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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 Raffa
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