Raffington Surname

683,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 435 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Raffington Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Raffington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jamaica2331:12,3171,250
United States1591:2,279,616142,122
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
England61:9,286,343223,652
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Raffington Last Name Facts

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

The surname Raffington has its highest incidence in Jamaica. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Raffington? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 683,026th most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 16,752,979 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Raffington live; 54 percent live in Caribbean and 54 percent live in Anglo-Caribbean.

It is most frequent in Jamaica, where it is carried by 233 people, or 1 in 12,317. In Jamaica Raffington is most numerous in: Middlesex County, where 61 percent reside, Surrey County, where 34 percent reside and Cornwall County, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Jamaica Raffington occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 37 percent reside and Canada, where 6 percent reside.

Raffington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Raffington has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Raffington last name rose 757 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Raffington Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Raffington surname are 11.89% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 65.12% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Raffington earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 7.97% more than the national average, earning $46,586 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.37% less than the national average, earning $42,542 CAD per year.

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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 Raffington
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