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
The last name Rafiyat (Hindi: रफीयत) occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Rafiyat click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafiyat? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,373,373rd most common last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Rafiyat are found; 53 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Rafiyat is also the 140,954th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 2,700 people.
The last name Rafiyat is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria Rafiyat is most frequent in: Kaduna, where 44 percent live, Oyo, where 33 percent live and Ebonyi, where 6 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 44 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.
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
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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 Rafiyat
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