Rafui Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Rafui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 174 | 1:1,018,062 | 42,870 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Rafui (279) may also be a first name.
Rafui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafui Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rafui (Hindi: रफुई) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafui? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,276,805th most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. The last name Rafui is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Rafui live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 531,524th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 279 people.
Rafui is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 174 people, or 1 in 1,018,062. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 34 percent are found, Lagos, where 33 percent are found and Ogun, where 11 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 1 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rafui Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rafui in the Hindi language | ||
| रफुई | raphu'i | - |
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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 Rafui
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