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
Rifa'ie is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rifa'ie? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Rifa'ie are found; 100 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 75 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Rifa'ie is also the 6,192,526th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 4 people.
This last name is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia Rifa'ie is most frequent in: Negeri Sembilan, where 50 percent are found and Selangor, where 50 percent are found. Excluding Malaysia it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 25 percent are found and Singapore, 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
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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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