Raffar Surname

510,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 640 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Raffar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Raffar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia4351:67,8034,975
Algeria1781:217,03125,000
Qatar161:147,37516,023
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Raffar (19) may also be a first name.

Raffar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Raffar Come From? nationality or country of origin

Raffar occurs most in Malaysia. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Raffar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 510,931st most prevalent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 11,386,790 people. Raffar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 71 percent of Raffar live; 68 percent live in Southeast Asia and 68 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequent first name on earth, held by 19 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is carried by 435 people, or 1 in 67,803. In Malaysia Raffar is most numerous in: Pahang, where 35 percent live, Selangor, where 24 percent live and Perak, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Malaysia Raffar occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 28 percent live and Qatar, where 3 percent live.

Raffar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Sunni (50%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raffard921,299/
Raffart9245/
Rhaffar924/
Raeffar921/
Raffaur921/
Rafar91907/
Rauffard861/
Radfar833,812/
Rafart83762/
Razfar83125/
Rafare8322/
Raffor8321/
Raifar8320/
Rafard8311/
Rafgar838/
Rafear837/
Rhafar837/
Rafair836/
Rahfar834/
Raafar832/
Reffar832/
Rajfar831/
Rafarh831/
Rafatr831/
Rgafar831/
Ra'far831/
Rasfar831/
Reafar830/
Raffour77227/
Rafford77212/
Raffort77186/
Roffare7795/
Razfard7722/
Raifard7713/
Radfard7711/
Rhaffor778/
Rheffar774/
Raadfar772/
Raatfar772/
Rayfare772/
Rafaire772/
Radfarh771/
Radfarr771/
Raafart771/
Rasfard771/
Rashfar771/
Rafor73103/
Refar7336/
Rofar7328/
Rouffart71161/
Raffourt7146/
Raiffort7133/
Raifarth7132/
Rafarová711/
Rhaffour711/
Rahadfar711/
Rahafard711/
Raifahrt711/
Raifford711/
Rafarova711/
Rafour671,556/
Rahvar67296/
Reafor67116/
Raford6770/
Reiffarth6737/
Royfar6731/
Rafoor6716/
Radfor677/
Rayfor677/
Raphar677/
Ráfare673/
Roufar672/
Rodfar672/
Revfar672/
Raifor672/
Ruifar672/
Refair671/
Rofair671/
Rawfor671/
Rofart671/
Rafeir671/
Reyfar671/
Rofard671/
Rafort670/

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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 Raffar
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