Rafif Surname

745,450th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 386 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Algeria

Rafif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rafif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2001:661,24651,715
Algeria811:476,93336,415
France491:1,355,566135,191
India391:19,668,343291,059
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Rafif (2,416) may also be a first name.

Rafif Last Name Facts

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

Rafif (Hindi: रफीफ) occurs most in Indonesia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rafif? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 745,450th most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 18,879,653 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 65 percent of Rafif reside; 54 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 54 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 150,878th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 2,416 people.

The surname is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 200 people, or 1 in 661,246. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Jakarta, where 52 percent reside, East Java, where 20 percent reside and North Sumatra, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Indonesia this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 21 percent reside and France, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rafief912/
Rafifz911/
Rafaif911/
Raffif911/
Raafif911/
Ratfiff831/
Raififf830/
Refif80756/
Rafef8068/
Rafib8031/
Rofif8012/
Rafiw808/
Rafiv807/
Rafyf801/
Rafiev735,305/
Refaif73136/
Rafeef7311/
Roffif739/
Reffif733/
Rafiov731/
Refief731/
Raffef731/
Raffayf671/
Rafew608/
Refef602/
Rofiev552,096/
Rafeev5594/
Refiev5515/
Rafeew5514/
Rafeeb552/
Raphiv551/
Rafeva551/
Raphiw551/
Rafews550/
Hrafeev5010/
Raphiph507/
Raphaib504/
Rouffef503/
Roefeef503/

Rafif Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rafif in the Hindi language
रफीफraphipha-

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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 Rafif
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