Raff is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

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

How popular is Raff?

Raff is common in Germany.

Raff is ranked 67269 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Raffs plummeted by 4.234122 per cent to 1538 since 2000 and slipped by 1626 spots and ranked at 18106. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.29 93.71
Others 2.67 1.62
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.02 1.12
Black 1.95 2.18
Raff is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Liechtenstein is ahead in terms of density. Around 6737 people have been found who wears Raff as their family name. Raff is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
607,991 Indonesia5
121,340 Spain4
59,967 Moldova4
119,730 Brazil3
44,018 Poland2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
18,625 Japan2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
21,929 Algeria2
213 Liechtenstein2
9,272 Ecuador2
26,532 Chile2
19,810 Croatia1
31,584 Peru1
13,606 Senegal1
165,773 Belarus1
174,544 Czech Republic1
30,360 Thailand1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
2,877 Cuba1
91,024 Belgium1
12,270 Lebanon1
20,172 Hungary1
77,122 Sweden1
14,644 Tunisia1
17,236 Ghana1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
3,350 Fiji1
11,486 Estonia1
19,533 Uruguay1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
114,425 Ukraine34
9,620 Singapore30
89,676 Canada30
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
18,457 Scotland20
447,508 India18
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
17,456 Switzerland63
Countries with hundreds of Raff:
15,361 South Africa402
15,141 Argentina358
34,535 Philippines322
9,201 Malaysia202
73,008 Russia176
27,382 England172
66,174 France147
53,156 Italy134
19,596 Australia130
8,390 Israel130
15,064 Romania125
5,492 Denmark108
12,545 Austria105
Countries with thousands of Raff:
16,133 United States2,062
4,823 Germany1,883
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

U Raff worked as farmer and hailed from Italy. 20 years old embarked for New York from Havre on La Bretagne and arrived on April 25, 1887.

Raff Namesakes

  • Gerry Rafferty, Singer-songwriter
  • Achille Raffray, Diplomat
  • Alana Raffie, Model
  • Nancy Raffa, Ballet Dancer
  • Burton Raffel, Translator
  • Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Former Prime Minister of France
  • Annamaria Raffo, Translator
  • Aras Raffi, Actor
  • Arsen Raffa Balweel, Risty Tagor's son
  • Cyril Raffaelli, Martial Artist

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