Rafi Surname
Approximately 191,869 people bear this surname
Rafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 63,984 | 1:2,491 | 241 |
| India | 44,089 | 1:17,398 | 1,380 |
| Pakistan | 44,065 | 1:4,054 | 429 |
| Iran | 5,734 | 1:13,391 | 1,786 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5,366 | 1:5,750 | 796 |
| Morocco | 5,316 | 1:6,485 | 791 |
| Indonesia | 3,943 | 1:33,540 | 3,935 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3,385 | 1:2,707 | 336 |
| Malaysia | 3,222 | 1:9,154 | 1,061 |
| Nigeria | 2,318 | 1:76,421 | 5,470 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,681 | 1:12,379 | 1,773 |
| Egypt | 1,373 | 1:66,960 | 6,238 |
| Iraq | 1,237 | 1:28,312 | 1,414 |
| Afghanistan | 867 | 1:37,086 | 1,448 |
| Kuwait | 723 | 1:5,257 | 721 |
| United States | 617 | 1:587,454 | 47,985 |
| Oman | 540 | 1:6,830 | 973 |
| England | 477 | 1:116,809 | 11,902 |
| Qatar | 424 | 1:5,561 | 578 |
| Bulgaria | 364 | 1:19,173 | 1,731 |
| Palestine | 295 | 1:15,420 | 2,701 |
| Niger | 274 | 1:70,044 | 3,181 |
| Bahrain | 235 | 1:5,739 | 1,064 |
| Spain | 196 | 1:238,531 | 15,520 |
| Canada | 190 | 1:193,924 | 19,047 |
| Singapore | 124 | 1:44,417 | 1,692 |
| Romania | 104 | 1:193,056 | 19,452 |
| Lebanon | 98 | 1:57,521 | 4,493 |
| Thailand | 62 | 1:1,139,328 | 167,850 |
| Germany | 47 | 1:1,712,882 | 99,068 |
| Jordan | 38 | 1:232,696 | 10,057 |
| France | 33 | 1:2,012,810 | 168,616 |
| Sweden | 30 | 1:328,225 | 22,987 |
| Australia | 29 | 1:930,886 | 55,860 |
| Norway | 25 | 1:205,691 | 23,411 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Scotland | 21 | 1:254,944 | 12,577 |
| Turkey | 20 | 1:3,891,071 | 97,520 |
| Russia | 17 | 1:8,477,827 | 301,506 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| Guyana | 16 | 1:47,639 | 4,360 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| Azerbaijan | 15 | 1:643,275 | 11,348 |
| Solomon Islands | 14 | 1:41,431 | 8,080 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| Italy | 12 | 1:5,096,391 | 108,968 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Syria | 12 | 1:1,608,418 | 8,291 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Yemen | 9 | 1:2,936,144 | 15,216 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Brunei | 4 | 1:104,683 | 2,048 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1:3,272,092 | 62,568 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Ráfi (94), Rafí (2) & Räfi (1) are calculated separately.
Rafi (147,136) may also be a first name.
Rafi Demographics
Average Male Rafi Height
174.77 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Rafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rafi (Arabic: رأفي, Bengali: রফি, Hindi: रफी, Marathi: रफ़ी, Oriya: ରଫି, Russian: Рафи, Tibetan: ར་ཕི་) is held by more people in Bangladesh than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Ráfi, Rafí or Räfi. Click here for further possible spellings of Rafi.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,930th most common surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 37,982 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Rafi are found; 84 percent are found in South Asia and 62 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 7,128th most frequent forename internationally, borne by 147,136 people.
The last name Rafi is most commonly held in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 63,984 people, or 1 in 2,491. Not including Bangladesh it exists in 100 countries. It is also common in India, where 23 percent are found and Pakistan, where 23 percent are found.
Rafi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Maronite (86%) in Lebanon and Muslim (57%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Rafi are 5.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.54% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Rafi earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 30.33% more than the national average, earning 451,042 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 17.03% more than the national average, earning R 278,112 per year; in United States they earn 10.73% more than the national average, earning $47,781 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.86% more than the national average, earning $50,605 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rafi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rafi in the Tibetan language | ||
| ར་ཕི་ | rapi | - |
| Rafi in the Marathi language | ||
| रफ़ी | rafi | - |
| Rafi in the Hindi language | ||
| रफी | raphi | 98.09 |
| रफ़ी | rafi | 0.69 |
| राफी | raphi | 0.37 |
| रफि | raphi | 0.34 |
| रफ़ी | rafi | 0.22 |
| ़रफी | raphi | 0.07 |
| रफी़ | raphi | 0.04 |
| राफि | raphi | 0.02 |
| ऱफी | raphi | 0.02 |
| रकी | raki | 0.01 |
| तकी | taki | 0.01 |
| रवी | ravi | 0.01 |
| रफ़ी़ | rafi | 0.01 |
| Rafi in the Oriya language | ||
| ରଫି | raphi | 88 |
| ରାଫି | raphi | 8 |
| ରଫି୍ | raphi | 4 |
| Rafi in the Bengali language | ||
| রফি | raphi | 87.5 |
| রাফি | raphi | 12.5 |
| Rafi in the Russian language | ||
| Рафи | rafi | - |
| Rafi in the Arabic language | ||
| رأفي | rafy | - |
| رفيع | rfy | - |
| رأفى | rafy | - |
| رافى | rafy | - |
| رافع | raf | - |
| رافي | rafy | - |
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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 Rafi
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