Ralphael Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ralphael Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ralphael Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria301:5,904,759145,253
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Ralphael (482) may also be a first name.

Ralphael Last Name Facts

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

Ralphael is most common in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ralphael? popularity and diffusion

Ralphael is the 3,432,070th most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Ralphael reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 387,276th most commonly occurring given name in the world, held by 482 people.

The surname Ralphael is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 5,904,759. In Nigeria Ralphael is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 23 percent are found, Lagos, where 20 percent are found and Niger, where 20 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Kenya, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ralphel9320/
Ralpheal8836/
Ralphiel881/
Ralphl861/
Ralfael801/
Ralfelt6711/
Ralfeal672/
Rolfael671/
Rahatelfoul631/
Rolfel571/
Rahatlfoul561/
Rhateelfoul531/
Rollfelt5029/

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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 Ralphael
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