Rifqa Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Rifqa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 30 | 1:285,254 | 25,178 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Maldives | 17 | 1:23,775 | 1,460 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Rifqa (2,117) may also be a first name.
Rifqa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rifqa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rifqa (Hindi: रिफ्क़ा) is more commonly found in Israel than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rifqa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,273,756th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name Rifqa occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Rifqa reside; 50 percent reside in West Asia and 43 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia. It is also the 163,374th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 2,117 people.
The surname is most frequent in Israel, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 285,254. In Israel it is primarily found in: Northern District, where 80 percent reside, Haifa District, where 7 percent reside and Southern District, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Israel it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 24 percent reside and The Maldives, where 24 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rifqa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rifqa in the Hindi language | ||
| रिफ्क़ा | riphqa | - |
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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 Rifqa
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