Riffay Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Riffay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 191 | 1:347,763 | 52,251 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
Riffay (23) may also be a first name.
Riffay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riffay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Riffay is held by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Riffay.
How Common Is The Last Name Riffay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Riffay is the 1,185,157th most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 36,437,730 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Riffay reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 92 percent reside in Afro-Islamic Indian Ocean. It is also the 2,239,265th most widespread given name in the world It is held by 23 people.
The last name Riffay is most frequent in France, where it is carried by 191 people, or 1 in 347,763. In France Riffay is most numerous in: Mayotte, where 96 percent are found, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 1 percent are found and Brittany, where 1 percent are found. Besides France it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 3 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 2 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
- 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 Riffay
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