Raffel is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Raffel
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Raffel

How popular is Raffel?

Raffel is ranked 157632 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Raffel bearers increased by 4.452055 per cent in 2010 US census to 610 since 2000, the surname slipped by 398 spots and ranked at 36630. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.93 96.58
Hispanic or Latino 3.11 1.54
Others 1.48 0.86
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.98 0.86
Raffel is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Austria. Around 2358 people have been found who wears Raffel as their family name. Raffel is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,411 Czech Republic8
720,003 Russia4
8,296 Sri Lanka3
82,478 South Africa2
50,640 Switzerland2
31,207 Ireland1
62,864 New Zealand1
14,618 Guyana1
8,859 Iraq1
40,340 Malaysia1
151,601 Spain1
56,169 Mexico1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
48,106 Australia41
116,847 Canada21
18,457 Scotland20
587,188 India11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
43,643 England91
104,308 France86
9,137 Denmark64
130,254 Indonesia58
Countries with hundreds of Raffel:
33,471 United States867
15,276 Germany672
40,920 Brazil270
9,948 Austria131
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Pearl-A. Raffel worked as maid and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 30 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Ticonderoga and arrived on October 11, 1851. Harris Raffel, aged 9, Gabriel Raffel (6), 20 years old Moses-A. Raffel, are other Raffel that migrated to US.

Comments

R
Remedios Guyton
raffel is a variant spelling of Raphael, baptismal name is the name of biblical origin, derived from the Hebrew repha'el, that is to say, God has healed (my fault).

Raffel Namesakes

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