Rafe Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Rafe Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rafe family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 1
Farmer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Rafe

Name Census Frequency
Emma Rafe 11
George Rafe 11
William Rafe 8
John Rafe 7
Ann Rafe 6
Thomas Rafe 6
James Rafe 5
Richard Rafe 5
Alice Rafe 4
Joseph Rafe 4
Sarah Rafe 4
Agnes Rafe 3
Edith Rafe 3
Edward Rafe 3
Elizabeth Rafe 3
Frank Rafe 3
Henry Rafe 3
Jane Rafe 3
Mary Rafe 3
Amy Rafe 2
Charles Rafe 2
Constance Rafe 2
Frederick Rafe 2
Louisa Rafe 2
Martha Rafe 2

Rafe Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rofe 75% 1,993
2 Roof 25% 745
3 Roofe 60% 593
4 Reefe 60% 285
5 Reef 25% 150
6 Rafe 100% 143
7 Roaf 50% 130

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The surname Rafe is the 6th most popular variant of Rofe.

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