Rafanan
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ilocano Rafanan. This surname is mostly found in the Ilocos Region of the Philippines.
Proper noun
[edit]Rafanan (plural Rafanans)
- A surname from Ilocano.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Rafanan is the 35812th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 627 individuals. Rafanan is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (71.29%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rafanan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Ilocano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: Ra‧fa‧nan
Proper noun
[edit]Rafanan
- a common surname from Spanish, prevalent in Ilocos Sur
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Ilocano
- English terms derived from Ilocano
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Ilocano
- Ilocano surnames in the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos
- Ilocano lemmas
- Ilocano proper nouns
- Ilocano terms spelled with F
- Ilocano surnames
- Ilocano surnames from Spanish