Raheef Surname

961,438th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 271 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Maldives

Raheef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Raheef Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2121:835,57936,885
Israel211:407,50632,346
Pakistan171:10,508,46449,949
India141:54,790,384527,769
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
England11:55,718,059489,080
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

Raheef (157) may also be a first name.

Raheef Last Name Facts

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

Raheef is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Raheef.

How Common Is The Last Name Raheef? popularity and diffusion

Raheef is the 961,438th most frequent last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 26,891,313 people. The last name Raheef is primarily found in Africa, where 78 percent of Raheef live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 732,696th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 157 people.

This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 212 people, or 1 in 835,579. In Nigeria Raheef is primarily found in: Oyo, where 41 percent reside, Osun, where 35 percent reside and Lagos, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 8 percent reside and Pakistan, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Reueff672/
Raeesw671/
Raeebh671/
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Hraeew671/
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Roeif551/
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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 Raheef
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