Raphaels Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Raphaels Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Raphaels Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raphaels Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Raphaels has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Raphaels.
How Common Is The Last Name Raphaels? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,532,898th most frequently held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of Raphaels reside; 37 percent reside in West Africa and 37 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Raphaels is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Raphaels is mostly concentrated in: Edo, where 17 percent reside and Kaduna, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 26 percent reside and England, where 11 percent reside.
Raphaels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Raphaels has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 250 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raphael's | 94 | 1 | / |
| Raphels | 93 | 9 | / |
| Raphals | 93 | 6 | / |
| Rapheals | 88 | 2 | / |
| Raphls | 86 | 1 | / |
| Rapales | 80 | 323 | / |
| Rafaels | 80 | 51 | / |
| Raipals | 80 | 7 | / |
| Raphalz | 80 | 3 | / |
| Raphols | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rafaeles | 75 | 144 | / |
| Raaffels | 75 | 65 | / |
| Rephales | 75 | 0 | / |
| Rapols | 71 | 128 | / |
| Rafels | 71 | 125 | / |
| Rafaelles | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rappailes | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rappailles | 67 | 50 | / |
| Repeles | 67 | 36 | / |
| Raffels | 67 | 36 | / |
| Rapholz | 67 | 32 | / |
| Rephalz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rafails | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rappols | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rapoles | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rhafles | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rafiels | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rephelz | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Raphaels
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