Riffan Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Qatar
Highest density in:
Qatar

Riffan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Riffan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Pakistan81:22,330,48677,733
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Riffan (99) may also be a first name.

Riffan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Riffan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Riffan is held by more people in Qatar than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Riffan.

How Common Is The Last Name Riffan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Riffan is the 3,543,123rd most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. Riffan occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Riffan are found; 55 percent are found in West Asia and 55 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 951,070th most common given name in the world, borne by 99 people.

Riffan is most commonly used in Qatar, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 147,375. Barring Qatar it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 26 percent live and Indonesia, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Riffain9224/
Riffand921/
Rifan915,945/
Raifan83368/
Riffon83262/
Rifaan83143/
Rifain83139/
Rifane8395/
Risfan8348/
Rifhan8326/
Roifan8317/
Ridfan8314/
Rizfan8311/
Rif'an839/
Reifan837/
Ruifan832/
Ruffan831/
Reffan831/
Rifatin77286/
Riffont7762/
Hreifan7742/
Ruifang7719/
Rishfan7719/
Riffone7711/
Risfaan773/
Rifhaan772/
Rif'aan771/
Reifand771/
Reffane771/
Ruffain771/
Rifon73290/
Refan7383/
Rufan7336/
Rifam736/
Rifón736/
Răfan734/
Ryfan731/
Rifatinn7110/
Rifanova7110/
Roifatin719/
Rifaatin714/
Rishfaan714/
Raifasen712/
Raiffeon711/
Rifaheen711/
Refaan6766/
Refain6749/
Reifon6747/
Raifaisen6734/
Ruffon6726/
Refane6722/
Rayfan6713/
Refhan6710/
Rifgon678/
Rehfan677/
Royfan676/
Rufain676/
Reefan675/
Rifone674/
Rifoun674/
Redfan673/
Raifon672/
Resfan672/
Rajfan671/
Retfan671/
Refang671/
Refanh671/
Reffon671/
Rizfon671/
Refant671/
Riphan670/
Refand670/

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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 Riffan
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