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 found most frequently in France. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Riffay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Riffay is the 1,185,157th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 36,437,730 people. The surname Riffay occurs mostly 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 globally. It is borne by 23 people.
The last name is most widely held in France, where it is carried by 191 people, or 1 in 347,763. In France Riffay is most common in: Mayotte, where 96 percent are found, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 1 percent are found and Brittany, where 1 percent are found. Other than France it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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