Rafiat Surname

1,511,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Rafiat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rafiat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria891:1,990,36870,088
Pakistan441:4,060,08828,888
England21:27,859,030389,889
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Rafiat (16,751) may also be a first name.

Rafiat Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rafiat (Hindi: रफिअत) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rafiat? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rafiat is the 1,511,557th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. The surname Rafiat occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Rafiat live; 66 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 42,992nd most commonly used given name in the world, held by 16,751 people.

The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 1,990,368. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 29 percent are found, Oyo, where 17 percent are found and Ogun, where 16 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Rafiat occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 32 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raufiat924/
Rafiath923/
Rafiast921/
Rafihat921/
Rafia9111,259/
Rafiehat861/
Rafiah832,125/
Rafeat83225/
Rofiat83199/
Rafiaa83153/
Raffia8358/
Rafija8332/
Rafiaz8325/
Rafiae8314/
Rafiha8311/
Raafia8311/
Rafiea838/
Rafiad836/
Rafiay835/
Rafias832/
Rafyat832/
Refiat832/
Rafjat831/
Raufia831/
Rafi'a831/
Rafiaha7775/
Raffiah7728/
Rafiaah7727/
Rafieha7723/
Rafiaee7721/
Rafiaie7720/
Raffiot7719/
Rafiaei779/
Roufiat779/
Rafijay773/
Rafeeat771/
Rafugia771/
Rafaiya771/
Rafeath771/
Rafieah771/
Rrofiat771/
Raphiat771/
Rafihah771/
Raaffia771/
Rafea733,604/
Rafya73907/
Rofia73304/
Rafio73265/
Rafja731/
Ráfia731/
Rouffiat7149/
Rafiehah711/
Rofiah6717,169/
Rafeah67415/
Rafeea67329/
Raffio67260/
Roffia67136/
Raviah6783/
Rafios6737/
Raufea6726/
Rafyaz6712/
Raphia6710/
Rafyatova675/
Rafe'a674/
Rosfia673/
Raufio672/
Roufia672/
Roofia672/
Rafeaa672/
Rafyah671/
Rafyaa671/
Rafioj671/
Rafyad671/
Reafio671/
Rofiha671/
Rofiae671/
Raifio671/
Rafjaz671/

Rafiat Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rafiat in the Hindi language
रफिअतraphi'ata-

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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 Rafiat
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