The Rafa surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 181 people carried this name — #99,845 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 50% from 121 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
536 people named Rafa have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 602 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 76 people named Rafa.
38 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Rafa,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ahmed Rafa 1906–1998 · military personnel
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Kandiya Rafa Maulidita 2003– · singer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rafa.
- Radosavljevic 179 · U.S. census
- Radovic 378 · U.S. census
- Radu 954 · U.S. census
- Radulovic 211 · U.S. census
- Raes 307 · U.S. census
- Raess 133 · U.S. census
- Rafael 3,631 · U.S. census
- Raffa 1,174 · U.S. census
- Raffaele 978 · U.S. census
- Raffaelli 365 · U.S. census
- Raffel 610 · U.S. census
- Raffi 144 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Rafa is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.