Rifaioğlu Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Rifaioğlu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
The alternate forms: Rifaioglu (162) are calculated separately.
Rifaioğlu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rifaioğlu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rifaioğlu is found most frequently in Turkey. It may also be rendered as: Rifaioglu. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rifaioğlu? popularity and diffusion
Rifaioğlu is the 8,968,613th most commonly held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 75 percent of Rifaioğlu live; 75 percent live in West Asia and 75 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
The last name is most numerous in Turkey, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 25,940,474. In Turkey Rifaioğlu is most prevalent in: Ankara Province, where 33 percent reside, Hatay Province, where 33 percent reside and Istanbul Province, where 33 percent reside. Beside Turkey this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Comoros, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rifaioglu | 96 | 162 | / |
| Rufaioğlu | 89 | 2 | / |
| Refayioğlu | 84 | 1 | / |
| Raifoğlu | 82 | 125 | / |
| Rafioğlu | 82 | 36 | / |
| Refioğlu | 82 | 18 | / |
| Rufaioglu | 78 | 113 | / |
| Rayifoğlu | 78 | 12 | / |
| Refaioglu | 78 | 3 | / |
| Rifaqil | 75 | 10 | / |
| Refayioglu | 74 | 5 | / |
| Raufoğlu | 71 | 74 | / |
| Refioglu | 71 | 13 | / |
| Ravioglu | 71 | 8 | / |
| Rafioglu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Raifoglu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Raifoglou | 67 | 134 | / |
| Rifkal | 67 | 13 | / |
| Riavoglou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rificl | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Rifaioğlu
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