The Raffa surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,174 people carried this name — #22,069 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 250,000 people counted. That is down 3% from 1,215 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 744 people named Raffa live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 93 people named Raffa.
40 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Var.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
74 people named Raffa live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Raffa,
with a public archive behind them.
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Charles Raffa 1904–1988 · businessperson
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Charles Raffa 1904–1988 · businessperson
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Vincenzo Raffa 1919–2003 · Catholic priest
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Matilda Cuomo 1931– · teacher
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Grazia Raffa 1931–2018 · poet
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Grazia Raffa 1931–2018 · poet
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Raffa.
- Radu 954 · U.S. census
- Radulovic 211 · U.S. census
- Raes 307 · U.S. census
- Raess 133 · U.S. census
- Rafa 181 · U.S. census
- Rafael 3,631 · U.S. census
- Raffaele 978 · U.S. census
- Raffaelli 365 · U.S. census
- Raffel 610 · U.S. census
- Raffi 144 · U.S. census
- Raffin 272 · U.S. census
- Raffo 610 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Raffa is.
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