Rafume Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Rafume Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rafume Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449

Rafume Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rafume is found most frequently in South Africa. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rafume? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Rafume is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rafume are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 3,186,924. In South Africa Rafume is most numerous in: Free State, where 76 percent live and Gauteng, where 24 percent live.

Rafume Last Name Statistics demography

Rafume earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.59% less than the national average, earning R 103,164 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rafoumeu861/
Raffumer860/
Rafuma83155/
Raifome771/
Rafuuma771/
Raifuum771/
Rafom733/
Raafumaa712/
Rafoma6751/
Roffum672/
Rofuma671/
Rafimi671/
Ratphumi57112/
Reffoumi571/
Rajphoumy5319/
Ratphoumy532/
Rauphimay531/
Rofimi505/

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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 Rafume
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