Raphaella Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Raphaella Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Raphaella Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
France21:33,211,361423,184
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210

Raphaella (5,860) may also be a first name.

Raphaella Last Name Facts

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

The last name Raphaella has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Raphaella? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,141,416th most widespread family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Raphaella reside; 51 percent reside in South America and 46 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 87,014th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 5,860 people.

The last name is most numerous in Brazil, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 11,893,018. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Pernambuco, where 33 percent reside, Minas Gerais, where 17 percent reside and Rio Grande do Norte, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Brazil it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 26 percent reside and Kenya, where 10 percent reside.

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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
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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 Raphaella
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