Riffai Surname
Approximately 812 people bear this surname
Riffai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 439 | 1:47,400 | 5,492 |
| Indonesia | 171 | 1:773,387 | 59,023 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Riffai (19) may also be a first name.
Riffai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riffai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Riffai is held by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Riffai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Riffai is the 425,776th most numerous family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 8,974,810 people. The surname Riffai is primarily found in Asia, where 78 percent of Riffai reside; 55 percent reside in South Asia and 55 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Riffai is also the 2,523,061st most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 19 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 439 people, or 1 in 47,400. Excluding Sri Lanka it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 21 percent reside and Morocco, where 21 percent reside.
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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 Riffai
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