Rifwan Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Rifwan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rifwan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia161:8,265,575327,276
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Rifwan (178) may also be a first name.

Rifwan Last Name Facts

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

Rifwan is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Rifwan.

How Common Is The Last Name Rifwan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rifwan is the 4,649,889th most frequently held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Rifwan reside; 94 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 94 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 683,417th most widely held first name in the world, held by 178 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 8,265,575. In Indonesia it is most common in: Central Java, where 63 percent are found, West Sumatra, where 31 percent are found and Aceh, where 6 percent are found. Barring Indonesia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 6 percent are found and Malaysia, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Riffwan921/
Rizfwan921/
Rifuan83111/
Riwvan834/
Rivwan832/
Rifuaan772/
Reyfwan771/
Ribuan67127/
Ribban672/
Rivvan671/
Rufuan671/
Roiphuang53225/
Raiphuang5362/
Ritphuang5354/
Ribbon50452/
Rebuan5057/
Rebban5038/
Ruvuan501/

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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 Rifwan
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