Rifaj Surname
Approximately 352 people bear this surname
Rifaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| Kosovo | 51 | 1:36,507 | 3,362 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Rifaj (79) may also be a first name.
Rifaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rifaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rifaj (Hindi: रिफाज) has its highest incidence in Sri Lanka. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Rifaj click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rifaj? popularity and diffusion
Rifaj is the 798,040th most commonly used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 20,703,255 people. The last name Rifaj occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Rifaj are found; 85 percent are found in South Asia and 85 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,083,225th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 79 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Aside from Sri Lanka this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kosovo, where 14 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rifaj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rifaj in the Hindi language | ||
| रिफाज | riphaja | 55.56 |
| रिफज | riphaja | 44.44 |
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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 Rifaj
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