The Rafael surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,445 people carried this name — #11,734 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 109,900 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
77 people named Rafael live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 60 people named Rafael.
Most of them — 35 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Saône-et-Loire.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rafael.
- Radovic 317 · U.S. census
- Radu 715 · U.S. census
- Radulovic 182 · U.S. census
- Raes 285 · U.S. census
- Raess 138 · U.S. census
- Rafa 121 · U.S. census
- Raffa 1,215 · U.S. census
- Raffaele 952 · U.S. census
- Raffaelli 385 · U.S. census
- Raffel 584 · U.S. census
- Raffi 131 · U.S. census
- Raffin 254 · U.S. census
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