Riffa Surname
Approximately 294 people bear this surname
Riffa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bahrain | 147 | 1:9,174 | 1,687 |
| Argentina | 52 | 1:821,989 | 54,134 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Tunisia | 8 | 1:76,328 | 12,820 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Palestine | 2 | 1:2,274,424 | 17,661 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Riffa (530) may also be a first name.
Riffa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riffa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Riffa (Arabic: الرفاع, Russian: Риффа) is found in Bahrain more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Riffa.
How Common Is The Last Name Riffa? popularity and diffusion
Riffa is the 906,170th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 24,787,571 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 74 percent of Riffa reside; 65 percent reside in West Asia and 64 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. Riffa is also the 366,410th most frequent forename internationally, borne by 530 people.
Riffa is most widely held in Bahrain, where it is borne by 147 people, or 1 in 9,174. Other than Bahrain this last name is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 18 percent reside and Kuwait, where 13 percent reside.
Riffa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Riffa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Riffa last name expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Riffa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Riffa in the Russian language | ||
| Риффа | riffa | - |
| Riffa in the Arabic language | ||
| الرفاع | alrfa | - |
| رفاع | rfa | - |
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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 Riffa
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