Rifaah Surname
Approximately 527 people bear this surname
Rifaah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 265 | 1:499,054 | 40,843 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Rifaah (353) may also be a first name.
Rifaah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rifaah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rifaah is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rifaah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 591,720th most widely held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 13,828,360 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 53 percent of Rifaah are found; 51 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 51 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Rifaah is also the 463,770th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 353 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is held by 265 people, or 1 in 499,054. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: West Nusa Tenggara, where 40 percent live, East Java, where 33 percent live and Central Java, where 18 percent live. Besides Indonesia this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 46 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent live.
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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 Rifaah
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