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 surname Rifaah occurs most in Indonesia. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Rifaah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rifaah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 591,720th most numerous family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 13,828,360 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 53 percent of Rifaah live; 51 percent live in Southeast Asia and 51 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 463,770th most commonly held forename worldwide, borne by 353 people.
The last name Rifaah is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 265 people, or 1 in 499,054. In Indonesia Rifaah is mostly concentrated in: West Nusa Tenggara, where 40 percent live, East Java, where 33 percent live and Central Java, where 18 percent live. Aside from Indonesia Rifaah exists in 7 countries. It also occurs 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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