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
Raphaël occurs in Chad more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Raphaël? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 297,841st most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 5,697,847 people. The surname is predominantly 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 commonly used forename globally It is held by 19,625 people.
This surname is most widely held in Chad, where it is borne by 1,155 people, or 1 in 11,768. Without taking into account Chad Raphaël exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Haiti, where 4 percent reside and Belgium, where 2 percent reside.
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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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