Raflesia Surname

1,098,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Raflesia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Raflesia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2201:601,13347,761
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Raflesia (188) may also be a first name.

Raflesia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Raflesia (Oriya: ରାେଫସିୟା) is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Raflesia? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,098,270th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,679,578 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Raflesia are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 99 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 663,277th most frequently occurring given name on earth, held by 188 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 220 people, or 1 in 601,133. In Indonesia Raflesia is most prevalent in: Riau, where 27 percent reside, South Sumatra, where 27 percent reside and Bengkulu, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 0 percent reside and Malaysia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rafflesia9448/
Reflesia8837/
Raflesz805/
Raflisa802/
Rafleza801/
Raflegio751/
Raflegeau715/
Rivalecia711/
Rafflegeau6711/
Rauflasz631/
Rauflajsz5915/
Rafa Lucio561/

Raflesia Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Raflesia in the Oriya language
ରାେଫସିୟାraephasiya-

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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 Raflesia
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