Raphalo Surname

961,438th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 271 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Raphalo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Raphalo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1811:299,32428,868
Lesotho661:30,7965,791
Botswana221:99,40615,343
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Raphalo (20) may also be a first name.

Raphalo Last Name Facts

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

Raphalo occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Raphalo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Raphalo is the 961,438th most numerous last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 26,891,313 people. Raphalo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Raphalo are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequent forename globally. It is borne by 20 people.

This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 181 people, or 1 in 299,324. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Limpopo, where 50 percent are found, Gauteng, where 46 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 1 percent are found. Apart from South Africa Raphalo exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 24 percent are found and Botswana, where 8 percent are found.

Raphalo Last Name Statistics demography

Raphalo earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.62% less than the national average, earning R 162,492 per year.

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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 Raphalo
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