Rafi
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic رَافِع (rāfiʕ, “hoister, exalter, raiser”) or رَفِيع (rafīʕ, “elevated, high, noble”). This surname is predominantly found in Bangladesh.
Proper noun[edit]
Rafi (plural Rafis)
- A surname from Arabic.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Rafi is the 37492nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 594 individuals. Rafi is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (60.44%) and White (27.1%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rafi”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Spanish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Rafi f
- a diminutive of the female given name Rafaela
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Arabic
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English terms derived from the Arabic root ر ف ع
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Arabic
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish given names
- Spanish female given names
- Spanish diminutives of female given names