Rafferty-Brown Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Rafferty-Brown Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Rafferty & Brown.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Rafferty-Brown Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362

Rafferty-Brown Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rafferty-Brown Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Rafferty-Brown is carried by more people in Australia than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Rafferty-Brown click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rafferty-Brown? popularity and diffusion

The last name Rafferty-Brown is the 5,812,366th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 73 percent of Rafferty-Brown are found; 73 percent are found in Australasia and 73 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most frequently held in Australia, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 3,374,463. In Australia Rafferty-Brown is most frequent in: Victoria, where 100 percent are found. Other than Australia it exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 27 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wreford-Brown6721/

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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 Rafferty-Brown
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