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 occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Riffai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Riffai is the 425,776th most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 8,974,810 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 78 percent of Riffai are found; 55 percent are found in South Asia and 55 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Riffai is also the 2,523,061st most common given name on earth. It is borne by 19 people.
It is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 439 people, or 1 in 47,400. Barring Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 21 percent are found and Morocco, where 21 percent are found.
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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 Riffai
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