Raffel Surname

160,228th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,722 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Raffel Surname Definition:

(English) Descendant of Raphael (God has healed).

Raffel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,1601:69,4018,870
United States1,0241:353,96431,669
Austria951:89,63613,202
Brazil881:2,432,66374,473
France701:948,896108,010
England671:831,61344,286
Indonesia541:2,449,059145,688
Denmark321:176,39714,920
Australia281:964,13257,058
Scotland191:281,78013,396
Hungary171:577,42834,558
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Czechia81:1,329,18491,312
India71:109,580,769786,157
Norway61:857,04855,549
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States911:551,85437,927

Raffel (242) may also be a first name.

Raffel Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Descendant of Raphael (God has healed).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Raffel Last Name Facts

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

Raffel (Russian: Раффель) is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Raffel? popularity and diffusion

Raffel is the 160,228th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,677,276 people. Raffel is primarily found in Europe, where 55 percent of Raffel reside; 49 percent reside in Western Europe and 46 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Raffel is also the 574,510th most commonly held given name at a global level, held by 242 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 1,160 people, or 1 in 69,401. In Germany Raffel is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 28 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 11 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 10 percent live. Not including Germany this last name occurs in 30 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 38 percent live and Austria, where 3 percent live.

Raffel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Raffel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Raffel surname grew 1,125 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 670 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 380 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Raffel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Raffel last name are 12.61% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.38% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Raffel earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 41.23% less than the national average, earning 203,378 kr per year; in United States they earn 18.51% more than the national average, earning $51,136 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.16% more than the national average, earning $63,672 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raffael92530/
Raffelt92319/
Raffell92273/
Raffeld9275/
Raffuel9211/
Reaffel923/
Raffeel921/
Raffiel921/
Raeffel920/
Rafel912,632/
Raffl911,072/
Raffaell8632/
Raffeldt861/
Rafael83188,937/
Roffel831,037/
Rafeel83532/
Reffel83318/
Rafeld83299/
Rafelt83229/
Rafiel8397/
Raifel8318/
Rhafel839/
Rafell835/
Raffil834/
Raufel834/
Rafuel833/
Rafoel832/
Rafeul831/
Rayfel831/
Ratfel831/
Raffyl831/
Raefel830/
Ratffl830/
Rafl8017/
Raffelová808/
Reffell77514/
Reiffel77140/
Rasfeld77115/
Raffill77100/
Raßfeld7769/
Roffiel7755/
Radfeld7752/
Rayfeld7735/
Roeffel7735/
Rayfiel7735/
Ratfeld7730/
Rafaell7726/
Rafeldt7725/
Roffeld7720/
Reffiel7719/
Raifeld7717/
Rahfeld7717/
Rajfeld7712/
Roffael773/
Reafhel773/
Rajfelt773/
Rouffel772/
Raefiel772/
Rapfael772/
Rafehel772/
Rahfiel771/
Rashfel771/
Roffell771/
Reafael771/
Raufael771/
Rhafael771/
Raafael771/
Radfelt771/
Rrafael771/
Hrafael771/
Hrafelt771/
Reafeld770/
Raifuel770/
Ruiffel770/
Reuffel770/
Rafil731,673/
Rofel73191/
Refel7397/
Raufl733/
Rafll732/
Ráfel731/
Reffl731/
Raufflet7177/
Rassfeld7175/
Rahfeldt7156/
Raisfeld7139/
Rattfelt7131/
Raysfeld7114/
Rafflová7111/
Roffaell717/
Raafeldt713/
Rajsfeld712/
Raßfeldt712/
Rouffell711/
D'Rafael711/
Rhafeldt710/
Raphel675,001/
Rofael67995/
Reifel67800/
Refael67101/
Refiel6733/
Rofeld6728/
Rauchfeld6721/
Rofelt6720/
Reufel6711/
Refeel677/
Rattfeldt676/
Ráfael676/
Refell673/
Roffil673/
Rafill673/
Reyfel672/
Raifyl672/
Refoel671/
Raifil671/
Rofoel671/
Rafuil671/
Rassfeldt671/
Reffil671/
Rhafil671/
Rafiol671/
Rofeel671/
Hrofel671/
Rafilt670/
Rofell670/

Raffel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Raffel in the Russian language
Раффельraffel-

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