Raffills Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Raffills Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Raffills Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand731:62,0329,583
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Raffills Last Name Facts

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

The last name Raffills is carried by more people in New Zealand than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Raffills? popularity and diffusion

The surname Raffills is the 2,185,341st most prevalent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Raffills reside; 100 percent reside in Australasia and 100 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most prevalent in New Zealand, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 62,032. In New Zealand Raffills is most prevalent in: Auckland Region, where 38 percent reside, Otago Region, where 38 percent reside and Waikato Region, where 18 percent reside. Excluding New Zealand Raffills occurs in one country. It also occurs in Australia, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raffells881/
Raffles80339/
Raffels8036/
Rafiels801/
Rafls771/
Raaffels7565/
Reffells7516/
Rafles71390/
Rafels71125/
Refils712/
Rafaelles711/
Raflse711/
Rofils711/
Rafaels6751/
Raflesz675/
Raffelz672/
Raflese672/
Reffels671/
Rhafles671/
Refells671/
Reuffels631/
Refles5711/
Rofles573/
Raflez571/
Raphls571/
Rohfls571/
Reufels53132/
Raphels539/
Rohfles533/
Reifels532/
Ráfeles531/
Rothfels5079/
Raphaels5019/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Raffills
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