Rafal is used as a family name or surname in Scotland. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Rafal
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Scotland
Meaning:

The is form of Raffles. A place in the parish of Mouswald, in Dumfries-shire. That parish contains five old border fortresses; the least dilapidated is that of Raffles. Gaz. Scotland.

Surname is variant of Rayfield. Dweller at, or near, the river field.

The family name is variant form of the Raffel. Descendant of Raphael meaning "God has healed".

How popular is Rafal?

Rafal is common in Philippines, United States.

Rafal is ranked 160506 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Rafals plummeted by 3.98 per cent to 193 since 2000 and slipped by 8389 spots and ranked at 94730. The last name was found in merely 7 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 69.43 76.12
Hispanic or Latino 16.06 11.94
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 9.33 5.47
Rafal is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Philippines which may be its originating country too. Around 2715 people have been found who wears Rafal as their family name. Rafal is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Rafal:
8,289 Philippines2,006
Countries with hundreds of Rafal:
96,921 United States258
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
39,238 England81
54,038 Poland64
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
95,233 Ukraine49
291,059 India39
9,432 Dominican Republic39
253,014 Indonesia24
209,042 France21
123,675 Canada19
53,778 Pakistan15
75,241 Spain11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
152,056 Argentina10
266,530 Germany9
134,908 Malaysia8
476,604 Thailand8
20,155 Taiwan7
51,993 United Arab Emirates6

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