Raphale Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Raphale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Raphale (142) may also be a first name.
Raphale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raphale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Raphale (Marathi: रफेल) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Raphale? popularity and diffusion
The surname Raphale is the 4,908,606th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Raphale live; 44 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 775,413th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 142 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 71 percent are found, Lagos, where 14 percent are found and Sokoto, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in India, where 13 percent are found and South Africa, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Raphale Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Raphale in the Marathi language | ||
| रफेल | raphela | - |
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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 Raphale
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