Rafnar Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iceland
Highest density in:
Iceland

Rafnar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rafnar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iceland151:25,3391,935
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Rafnar (14) may also be a first name.

Rafnar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rafnar is found in Iceland more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Rafnar.

How Common Is The Last Name Rafnar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,532,898th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Rafnar live; 84 percent live in Northern Europe and 84 percent live in Scandinavia. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequent first name globally, borne by 14 people.

The surname Rafnar is most frequently held in Iceland, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 25,339. In Iceland it is most prevalent in: Capital Region, where 93 percent are found and Southern Peninsula, where 7 percent are found. Barring Iceland this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 16 percent are found and Sweden, where 5 percent are found.

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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 Rafnar
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