Rafono Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Rafono Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 46 | 1:44,186 | 7,268 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
Rafono Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafono Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rafono is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Rafono.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafono? popularity and diffusion
Rafono is the 2,776,799th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Rafono live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 44,186. In Lesotho Rafono is most prevalent in: Berea District, where 87 percent reside, Leribe District, where 11 percent reside and Maseru District, where 2 percent reside. Barring Lesotho this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rafonot | 92 | 1 | / |
| Rafano | 83 | 79 | / |
| Rafona | 83 | 20 | / |
| Rofono | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rafanot | 77 | 131 | / |
| Rafannot | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rafana | 67 | 233 | / |
| Raffonaud | 67 | 8 | / |
| Rofano | 67 | 2 | / |
| Radfanous | 67 | 1 | / |
| Roufounou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rafhana | 62 | 35 | / |
| Rasfana | 62 | 7 | / |
| Rhafana | 62 | 2 | / |
| Raifana | 62 | 2 | / |
| Razfana | 62 | 1 | / |
| Rafanas | 62 | 1 | / |
| Rafanat | 62 | 1 | / |
| Rafanha | 62 | 1 | / |
| Reifonas | 57 | 20 | / |
| Rafaneau | 57 | 10 | / |
| Raphonga | 57 | 7 | / |
| Reyfonas | 57 | 6 | / |
| Rafhanah | 57 | 4 | / |
| Roufouna | 57 | 1 | / |
| Rashfana | 57 | 1 | / |
| Rafathna | 57 | 1 | / |
| Rafaanaa | 57 | 1 | / |
| Rafatnaaz | 53 | 1 | / |
| Roufounas | 53 | 1 | / |
| Raffaneau | 53 | 1 | / |
| Rofana | 50 | 52 | / |
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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 Rafono
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