Rafto Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Rafto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rafto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway191:270,64728,127
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Rafto Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rafto (Arabic: رافتو, Hindi: रफतो) is borne by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rafto? popularity and diffusion

The last name Rafto is the 3,485,539th most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 66 percent of Rafto are found; 59 percent are found in Northern Europe and 59 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This surname is most common in Norway, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 270,647. In Norway it is most common in: Western Norway, where 84 percent reside and Eastern Norway, where 16 percent reside. Aside from Norway it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 28 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.

Rafto Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Rafto earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 260.27% more than the national average, earning 1,246,810 kr per year and in United States they earn 29.59% more than the national average, earning $55,917 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raftos9161/
Raftou913/
Rafthod831/
Rafta80602/
Rawto805/
Rabto801/
Raffta7371/
Raftaz7362/
Raftat7352/
Rabtoy7350/
Raftah7316/
Raftas7313/
Ravtod735/
Rabtou734/
Raftha733/
Ravtho733/
Rofhto731/
Rabtoi731/
Rawtho731/
Rooftop672/
Raftath671/
Rabta60303/
Ravta6034/
Rawta6020/
Rowto604/
Robtoy55347/
Rowtho557/
Ravtat553/
Robtho553/
Rawtha551/
Ravtad551/
Ravtash503/
Reibtoy501/
Rooftaz501/
Rahbtah501/
Ratvtha501/
Rowthod501/

Rafto Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rafto in the Hindi language
रफतोraphato-
Rafto in the Arabic language
رافتوraftw-

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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
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  • 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 Rafto
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