Raffar Surname
Approximately 640 people bear this surname
Raffar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 435 | 1:67,803 | 4,975 |
| Algeria | 178 | 1:217,031 | 25,000 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Raffar (19) may also be a first name.
Raffar Demographics
Raffar Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Raffar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raffar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Raffar is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Raffar.
How Common Is The Last Name Raffar? popularity and diffusion
Raffar is the 510,931st most frequently occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,386,790 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 71 percent of Raffar are found; 68 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 68 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 19 people.
This surname is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is held by 435 people, or 1 in 67,803. In Malaysia Raffar is most common in: Pahang, where 35 percent live, Selangor, where 24 percent live and Perak, where 12 percent live. Apart from Malaysia this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 28 percent live and Qatar, where 3 percent live.
Raffar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Raffar last name is principally Sunni (50%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raffard | 92 | 1,299 | / |
| Raffart | 92 | 45 | / |
| Rhaffar | 92 | 4 | / |
| Raeffar | 92 | 1 | / |
| Raffaur | 92 | 1 | / |
| Rafar | 91 | 907 | / |
| Rauffard | 86 | 1 | / |
| Radfar | 83 | 3,812 | / |
| Rafart | 83 | 762 | / |
| Razfar | 83 | 125 | / |
| Rafare | 83 | 22 | / |
| Raffor | 83 | 21 | / |
| Raifar | 83 | 20 | / |
| Rafard | 83 | 11 | / |
| Rafgar | 83 | 8 | / |
| Rafear | 83 | 7 | / |
| Rhafar | 83 | 7 | / |
| Rafair | 83 | 6 | / |
| Rahfar | 83 | 4 | / |
| Raafar | 83 | 2 | / |
| Reffar | 83 | 2 | / |
| Rajfar | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rafarh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rafatr | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rgafar | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ra'far | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rasfar | 83 | 1 | / |
| Reafar | 83 | 0 | / |
| Raffour | 77 | 227 | / |
| Rafford | 77 | 212 | / |
| Raffort | 77 | 186 | / |
| Roffare | 77 | 95 | / |
| Razfard | 77 | 22 | / |
| Raifard | 77 | 13 | / |
| Radfard | 77 | 11 | / |
| Rhaffor | 77 | 8 | / |
| Rheffar | 77 | 4 | / |
| Raadfar | 77 | 2 | / |
| Raatfar | 77 | 2 | / |
| Rayfare | 77 | 2 | / |
| Rafaire | 77 | 2 | / |
| Radfarh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Radfarr | 77 | 1 | / |
| Raafart | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rasfard | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rashfar | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rafor | 73 | 103 | / |
| Refar | 73 | 36 | / |
| Rofar | 73 | 28 | / |
| Rouffart | 71 | 161 | / |
| Raffourt | 71 | 46 | / |
| Raiffort | 71 | 33 | / |
| Raifarth | 71 | 32 | / |
| Rafarová | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rhaffour | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rahadfar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rahafard | 71 | 1 | / |
| Raifahrt | 71 | 1 | / |
| Raifford | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rafarova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rafour | 67 | 1,556 | / |
| Rahvar | 67 | 296 | / |
| Reafor | 67 | 116 | / |
| Raford | 67 | 70 | / |
| Reiffarth | 67 | 37 | / |
| Royfar | 67 | 31 | / |
| Rafoor | 67 | 16 | / |
| Radfor | 67 | 7 | / |
| Rayfor | 67 | 7 | / |
| Raphar | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ráfare | 67 | 3 | / |
| Roufar | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rodfar | 67 | 2 | / |
| Revfar | 67 | 2 | / |
| Raifor | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ruifar | 67 | 2 | / |
| Refair | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rofair | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rawfor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rofart | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rafeir | 67 | 1 | / |
| Reyfar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rofard | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rafort | 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 Raffar
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