Raphae Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Raphae Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 56 | 1:36,296 | 6,453 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Raphae (107) may also be a first name.
Raphae Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raphae Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Raphae is found in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Raphae? popularity and diffusion
The surname Raphae is the 2,312,869th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Raphae are found; 85 percent are found in Southern Africa and 85 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Raphae is also the 910,230th most commonly occurring given name in the world. It is borne by 107 people.
This surname is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 36,296. In Lesotho it is primarily concentrated in: Berea District, where 71 percent live, Maseru District, where 23 percent live and Leribe District, where 5 percent live. Other than Lesotho this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 6 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.
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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 Raphae
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