Rapha Surname
Approximately 1,260 people bear this surname
Rapha Surname User-submission:
Rapha is a surname of Hebrew origin, which means 'healing' and 'comfort'.
Rapha Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
France | 633 | 1:104,933 | 15,504 |
India | 303 | 1:2,531,569 | 80,510 |
Tanzania | 106 | 1:499,449 | 33,339 |
Iran | 59 | 1:1,301,399 | 54,450 |
DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
Dominica | 2 | 1:37,946 | 685 |
Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Rapha (11,064) may also be a first name.
Rapha Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Rapha is a surname of Hebrew origin, which means 'healing' and 'comfort'.
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Where Does The Last Name Rapha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rapha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺭﺍﻓﺎ, Hindi: रफा, Oriya: ରଫା) is found most in France. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Rapha.
How Common Is The Last Name Rapha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 301,477th most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,783,767 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Rapha reside; 47 percent reside in Caribbean and 47 percent reside in Gallo-Caribbean. Rapha is also the 57,242nd most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 11,064 people.
This last name is most common in France, where it is borne by 633 people, or 1 in 104,933. In France Rapha is mostly concentrated in: Martinique, where 93 percent live, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 2 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 2 percent live. Barring France this last name exists in 34 countries. It is also common in India, where 24 percent live and Tanzania, where 8 percent live.
Rapha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Rapha has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Rapha surname increased 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rapha Name Transliterations
Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
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Rapha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
ﺭﺍﻓﺎ | rafa | - |
Rapha in the Hindi language | ||
रफा | rapha | - |
Rapha in the Oriya language | ||
ରଫା | rapha | 84.62 |
ରାଫ | rapha | 7.69 |
ରାଉ୍ଫ | ra'upha | 7.69 |
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Footnotes
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