Rafya Surname

390,407th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 907 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Rafya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rafya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco8861:38,9126,295
Pakistan121:14,886,99061,272
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Rafya (366) may also be a first name.

Rafya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rafya (Hindi: रफया, Marathi: रफ़या) has its highest incidence in Morocco. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Rafya.

How Common Is The Last Name Rafya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 390,407th most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 8,034,781 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Rafya reside; 98 percent reside in North Africa and 98 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 454,857th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 366 people.

The surname Rafya is most frequently held in Morocco, where it is held by 886 people, or 1 in 38,912. Besides Morocco Rafya occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 1 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rafyaz9112/
Rafyat912/
Rafyah911/
Rafyad911/
Rafyaa911/
Rafyaay831/
Rafayya831/
Rafaiya831/
Rafia8011,259/
Rafea803,604/
Rafja801/
Rafyo801/
Rafiah732,125/
Rafeah73415/
Rafeea73329/
Rafiaa73153/
Rafiat73138/
Raffia7358/
Rafija7332/
Raufea7326/
Rafiaz7325/
Rafiae7314/
Rafiha7311/
Raafia7311/
Rafiea738/
Raefia738/
Rafiad736/
Rafiay735/
Rafe'a734/
Rafeaa732/
Rafias732/
Rafjaz731/
Raphya731/
Raufia731/
Rafjat731/
Rafi'a731/
Rafeeea67101/
Rafiaha6775/
Raffiah6728/
Rafiaah6727/
Rafieha6723/
Rafiaee6721/
Rafiaie6720/
Rafiaei679/
Raufiat674/
Rafijay673/
Refaaya672/
Rauffea671/
Raphyha671/
Raaffia671/
Rafiast671/
Rafeeat671/
Rafihat671/
Rafieah671/
Rafugia671/
Rafihah671/

Rafya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rafya in the Marathi language
रफ़याrafaya-
Rafya in the Hindi language
रफयाraphaya64.29
राफयाraphaya28.57
राफियाraphiya7.14

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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 Rafya
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