Rifa'ie Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Rifa'ie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Rifa'ie (4) may also be a first name.
Rifa'ie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rifa'ie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rifa'ie is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rifa'ie? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rifa'ie is the 8,968,613th most numerous surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Rifa'ie is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Rifa'ie reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 75 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 6,192,526th most frequent first name on earth, held by 4 people.
Rifa'ie is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia Rifa'ie is mostly found in: Negeri Sembilan, where 50 percent reside and Selangor, where 50 percent reside. Besides Malaysia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 25 percent reside and Singapore, where 25 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
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- 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 Rifa'ie
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