Raphaël Surname
Approximately 1,279 people bear this surname
Raphaël Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 1,155 | 1:11,768 | 1,513 |
| Haiti | 52 | 1:205,460 | 7,764 |
| Belgium | 26 | 1:442,179 | 45,013 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Raphaël (19,625) may also be a first name.
Raphaël Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raphaël Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Raphaël is found most in Chad. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Raphaël? popularity and diffusion
The surname Raphaël is the 297,841st most common family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,697,847 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Raphaël are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 38,377th most frequently held given name internationally, held by 19,625 people.
It is most widely held in Chad, where it is borne by 1,155 people, or 1 in 11,768. Other than Chad this surname occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Haiti, where 4 percent are found and Belgium, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Raphaël
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