Rafiso Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Rafiso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rafiso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa401:1,354,44373,245

Rafiso Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rafiso occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rafiso? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rafiso is the 3,100,440th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name Rafiso is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rafiso reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Rafiso is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 1,354,443. In South Africa Rafiso is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 58 percent live, Western Cape, where 23 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 10 percent live.

Rafiso Last Name Statistics demography

Rafiso earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 79.43% less than the national average, earning R 48,876 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rhafiso921/
Rafisa83129/
Rafico836/
Rafeso831/
Refiso831/
Rafizo831/
Rofisoh7719/
Rafioza7713/
Rhafisa777/
Rafisha773/
Rafiezo771/
Rafhisa771/
Rafaicho719/
Rafishah714/
Rafishaz711/
Raffissa711/
Refisa671,288/
Rafiza67943/
Rofisa6744/
Rafija6732/
Rafica6717/
Rafeco6710/
Rofico674/
Rafesa672/
Refuso672/
Rafusa672/
Refeso671/
Raphaisoh671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Rafiso
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