Rafque Surname

1,181,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 201 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Rafque Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rafque Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan1921:930,43712,496
India71:109,580,769786,157
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Rafque (42) may also be a first name.

Rafque Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rafque occurs in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rafque? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,181,191st most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Rafque reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Rafque is also the 1,566,439th most common first name at a global level, held by 42 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Pakistan, where it is carried by 192 people, or 1 in 930,437. In Pakistan Rafque is mostly concentrated in: Punjab, where 74 percent reside, Sindh, where 14 percent reside and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Pakistan Rafque exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raifque9252/
Rafquie925/
Raffque924/
Rafhque922/
Rafqe914/
Refque835/
Raifqe833/
Rafqut831/
Rafqui831/
Rafqie831/
Rafq8032/
Raffqie771/
Rafqeer771/
Raifq73135/
Rafqi7395/
Rafke7318/
Raufq735/
Rawqu732/
Rafqt731/
Rafhq731/
Rawqe731/
Rafıq731/
Raffq731/
Raffke6740/
Rajfek675/
Rafqit673/
Rafqip671/
Raifek671/
Rafkey670/

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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 Rafque
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