Rhaphael Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Rhaphael Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Rhaphael (42) may also be a first name.
Rhaphael Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rhaphael Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rhaphael is most common in Zimbabwe. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rhaphael? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Rhaphael is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Rhaphael reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 42 people.
Rhaphael is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 7,719,120. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland West Province, where 50 percent are found and Midlands Province, where 50 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 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 Rhaphael
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