Rafiyat Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Rafiyat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Pakistan | 15 | 1:11,909,592 | 53,778 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Rafiyat (2,700) may also be a first name.
Rafiyat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafiyat Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rafiyat (Hindi: रफीयत) is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafiyat? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,373,373rd most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 53 percent of Rafiyat live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 140,954th most frequent given name internationally It is held by 2,700 people.
The surname Rafiyat is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kaduna, where 44 percent reside, Oyo, where 33 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 44 percent reside and India, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rafiyat Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rafiyat in the Hindi language | ||
| रफीयत | raphiyata | 40 |
| रफियत | raphiyata | 20 |
| राफीयत | raphiyata | 20 |
| राफियत | raphiyata | 20 |
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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 Rafiyat
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