Raphefane Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Raphefane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Raphefane Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho111:184,77813,836
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Raphefane Last Name Facts

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

The last name Raphefane is more commonly found in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Raphefane? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,587,209th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Raphefane is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Raphefane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 184,778. In Lesotho it is mostly concentrated in: Maseru District, where 91 percent live and Mafeteng District, where 9 percent live. Barring Lesotho this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rafeefan711/
Rapiphan711/
Raphiphan67138/
Rapeephan679/
Raphitphan6398/
Rafifan6314/
Rapheephon632/
Rafafani591/
Raphiphong5389/
Rotphaiphan504/

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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 Raphefane
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