Rafa is used as a family name or surname in Poland. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Rafa
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Poland
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Rafa

How popular is Rafa?

Rafa is common in Poland.

Rafa is ranked 22441 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Rafas grew by 49.58678 per cent to 181 since 2000 and ranked 99845 after elevating 29774 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 76.8 85.12
Hispanic or Latino 12.15 6.61
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 7.73 0
Rafa is quite popular family name mostly used in Bangladesh while Libya is ahead in terms of density. Around 22956 people have been found who wears Rafa as their family name. Rafa is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
20,929 Azerbaijan7
179,761 Australia6
2,527 Maldives6
60,971 Kyrgyzstan6
122,390 Belarus4
16,861 Iran4
2,672 Mozambique3
4,899 Ivory Coast3
15,956 Venezuela3
108,034 Italy3
127,708 Czech Republic3
18,718 Thailand2
89,020 Tanzania2
82,478 South Africa2
20,035 Uzbekistan2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
18,035 Egypt2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
9,272 Ecuador2
20,595 China2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
1,753 Cuba2
2,152 Niger2
34,581 Chile1
11,923 Slovenia1
13,606 Senegal1
510 East Timor1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
10,683 Cyprus1
7,314 Bolivia1
91,024 Belgium1
7,847 Albania1
7,191 Afghanistan1
7,941 Guatemala1
8,859 Iraq1
7,895 South Korea1
29,046 Japan1
81,201 Switzerland1
11,831 Tajikistan1
53,505 Turkey1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
19,533 Uruguay1
2,935 Madagascar1
12,270 Lebanon1
14,373 Jordan1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
15,162 Costa Rica1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,896 Serbia41
82,145 Canada34
9,620 Singapore30
9,574 Mauritania24
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,607 Greece98
182,821 India82
12,440 United Arab Emirates76
6,029 Portugal74
14,658 Israel71
16,172 Peru71
56,298 England65
Countries with hundreds of Rafa:
6,082 Mexico942
6,356 Romania355
30,009 France331
5,183 Tunisia264
14,265 Spain237
42,458 Indonesia227
109,209 United States202
26,800 Argentina194
7,115 Colombia175
71,225 Germany134
93,104 Russia128
45,787 Ukraine111
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Rafa:
1,860 Bangladesh5,844
3,596 Brazil3,991
2,371 Algeria2,767
1,185 Angola1,601
11,003 Philippines1,353
4,232 Morocco1,208
810 Libya1,012
6,043 Poland1,002
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

44 years old laborer Angelo R. Rafa who was residing in Contursi, Italy migrated to Pittsburg Pa on April 4, 1900 by Patria put out from Naples. 21 years old Pietro Rafa, Santa Rafa (21) Farmer, are others that migrated to US.

Rafa Namesakes

  • Abdelghani Ben Rafalia, Actor
  • Abílio Rafael Barbosa Sousa, Soccer player
  • Adila Rafa Naura Ayu, Riafinola Ifani Sari's daughter
  • Jesús Rafael Soto, Artist
  • Fábio Rafael Rodrigues Cardoso, Soccer player
  • AJ Rafael, Musician
  • Renato Rafael Bondi, Soccer player
  • Álvaro Rafael González, Soccer player
  • José Rafael, Soccer player
  • Joel Rafael, Singer

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