Raifa Surname
Approximately 110 people bear this surname
Raifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Raifa (3,120) may also be a first name.
Raifa Demographics
Average Raifa Salary in
United States
$18,792 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Raifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Raifa (Arabic: رءيفه, Bengali: রইফা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺭﺋﻴﻔﺔ, Hindi: रईफा) is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Raifa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,746,159th most frequently held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. The last name Raifa is primarily found in Africa, where 54 percent of Raifa reside; 33 percent reside in Southern Africa and 33 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Raifa is also the 128,978th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 3,120 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 428,840. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 72 percent live, Midlands Province, where 25 percent live and Harare Province, where 3 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 15 percent live and Nigeria, where 12 percent live.
Raifa Last Name Statistics demography
Raifa earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 56.45% less than the national average, earning $18,792 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Raifa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Raifa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺭﺋﻴﻔﺔ | ryyft | - |
| Raifa in the Bengali language | ||
| রইফা | ra'ipha | - |
| Raifa in the Hindi language | ||
| रईफा | ra'ipha | 54.17 |
| रइफा | ra'ipha | 12.5 |
| राइफा | ra'ipha | 12.5 |
| रैफा | raipha | 8.33 |
| राईफा | ra'ipha | 8.33 |
| राइफ़ा | ra'ifa | 4.17 |
| Raifa in the Arabic language | ||
| رءيفه | ryfh | - |
| رإيفه | rayfh | - |
| رآيفه | rayfh | - |
| رايفه | rayfh | - |
| رئيفة | ryyft | - |
| رئيفه | ryyfh | - |
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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 Raifa
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