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
The surname Riffay is borne by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Riffay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Riffay is the 1,185,157th most prevalent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 36,437,730 people. Riffay is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Riffay live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in Afro-Islamic Indian Ocean. Riffay is also the 2,239,265th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 23 people.
It is most prevalent in France, where it is carried by 191 people, or 1 in 347,763. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Mayotte, where 96 percent reside, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 1 percent reside and Brittany, where 1 percent reside. Aside from France this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 3 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 2 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 Riffay
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