Where Does The Last Name Rafles Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Rafles is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rafles? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 739,868^th most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 18,686,015 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Rafles reside; 91 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 90 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Rafles is also the 132,917^th most frequent first name in the world, held by 2,971 people.

This surname is most common in Indonesia, where it is borne by 341 people, or 1 in 387,828. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: West Sumatra, where 61 percent live, Bengkulu, where 14 percent live and West Java, where 9 percent live. Beside Indonesia this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in El Salvador, where 5 percent live and Mexico, where 3 percent live.