Rifin Surname

217,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,884 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Rifin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rifin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia1,2841:22,9712,094
Indonesia4941:267,71124,209
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Haiti131:821,83911,267
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
United States91:40,273,215872,126
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
France21:33,211,361423,184
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Rifin (3,460) may also be a first name.

Rifin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rifin (Hindi: रिफिन, Marathi: रीफीन, Oriya: ରିଫିନ) is most common in Malaysia. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rifin? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 217,601st most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 3,868,124 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Rifin reside; 95 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 94 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 120,873rd most frequent given name worldwide It is held by 3,460 people.

This last name is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is held by 1,284 people, or 1 in 22,971. In Malaysia it is most common in: Kelantan, where 42 percent are found, Terengganu, where 19 percent are found and Pahang, where 8 percent are found. Not including Malaysia this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 26 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.

Rifin Last Name Statistics demography

Rifin earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 37.86% less than the national average, earning $26,812 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Riffin91883/
Roifin9117/
Raifin9115/
Rifing9112/
Rifina918/
Rifien914/
Reifin912/
Rifinì911/
Risfin911/
Reiffin8323/
Hriffin831/
Rifffin831/
Riffing831/
Raifina831/
Rufin806,604/
Rifen80153/
Refin80131/
Rifim806/
Riffn801/
Reifienė772/
Raifienė771/
Rifinova771/
Ruffin7322,817/
Refina73185/
Reffin73170/
Riphin73112/
Reifen7343/
Rüffin7334/
Redfin7328/
Reufin7320/
Riffen7311/
Rufien7311/
Ruefin739/
Ruifen739/
Rüfing735/
Riffim735/
Rifeng735/
Refind732/
Raifim731/
Refgin731/
Ryffin731/
Rifent731/
Reiffen67128/
Refn6728/
Ruifeng6716/
Ruffien6714/
Reffien676/
Ritphin674/
Rüffing672/
Rijffen671/
Ruffinn671/
Raiphin671/
Rufn671/
Reeffin670/
Ruffijn670/
Rifffen670/
Rueffin670/

Rifin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rifin in the Hindi language
रिफिनriphina-
Rifin in the Oriya language
ରିଫିନriphina-
Rifin in the Marathi language
रीफीनriphina-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Rifin
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis