Rifah Surname
Approximately 3,123 people bear this surname
Rifah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 2,535 | 1:52,169 | 5,814 |
| Bangladesh | 541 | 1:294,560 | 8,696 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Maldives | 4 | 1:101,043 | 3,565 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Rifah (15,943) may also be a first name.
Rifah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rifah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rifah (Hindi: रिफाह) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rifah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rifah is the 142,483rd most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,333,508 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Rifah live; 81 percent live in Southeast Asia and 81 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 44,531st most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 15,943 people.
Rifah is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 2,535 people, or 1 in 52,169. In Indonesia Rifah is most numerous in: East Java, where 29 percent are found, Central Java, where 26 percent are found and West Java, where 21 percent are found. Without taking into account Indonesia this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 17 percent are found and Qatar, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rifah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rifah in the Hindi language | ||
| रिफाह | riphaha | - |
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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 Rifah
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