Rafiee Surname
Approximately 79,545 people bear this surname
Rafiee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 78,772 | 1:975 | 122 |
| Malaysia | 275 | 1:107,252 | 7,246 |
| United States | 225 | 1:1,610,929 | 108,055 |
| Canada | 39 | 1:944,759 | 71,777 |
| Australia | 38 | 1:710,413 | 47,396 |
| Sweden | 28 | 1:351,670 | 24,678 |
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| Austria | 23 | 1:370,236 | 39,193 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Pakistan | 21 | 1:8,506,852 | 44,204 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Rafiee (1,368) may also be a first name.
Rafiee Demographics
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Rafiee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafiee Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rafiee (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺭﺍﻓﻊ) is found most frequently in Iran. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafiee? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,138th most frequently used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 91,615 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Rafiee are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Rafiee is also the 211,812th most commonly used forename globally. It is borne by 1,368 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is carried by 78,772 people, or 1 in 975. In Iran it is primarily found in: Tehran Province, where 17 percent reside, Isfahan Province, where 14 percent reside and Fars Province, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Iran this last name exists in 43 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Rafiee Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Rafiee surname are 9.56% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.79% being registered with the political party.
The amount Rafiee earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 41.27% more than the national average, earning $60,958 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.65% less than the national average, earning $37,933 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rafiee Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rafiee in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺭﺍﻓﻊ | raf | - |
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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 Rafiee
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