Rafieq Surname
Approximately 301 people bear this surname
Rafieq Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 211 | 1:846,653 | 11,771 |
| India | 75 | 1:10,227,538 | 196,136 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Rafieq (96) may also be a first name.
Rafieq Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafieq Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rafieq (Hindi: रफ़ीेक़) is found in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafieq? popularity and diffusion
Rafieq is the 891,661st most widely held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 24,211,116 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Rafieq are found; 95 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 968,397th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 96 people.
The last name Rafieq is most prevalent in Pakistan, where it is borne by 211 people, or 1 in 846,653. In Pakistan Rafieq is mostly found in: Punjab, where 83 percent live, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 6 percent live and Sindh, where 5 percent live. Besides Pakistan it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 25 percent live and Malaysia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rafieq Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rafieq in the Hindi language | ||
| रफ़ीेक़ | rafieqa | - |
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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 Rafieq
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