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 is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Raphaels.
How Common Is The Last Name Raphaels? popularity and diffusion
The surname Raphaels is the 4,532,898th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Raphaels reside; 37 percent reside in West Africa and 37 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Edo, where 17 percent live and Kaduna, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent live and England, where 11 percent live.
Raphaels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Raphaels has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Raphaels surname rose 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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