Řăf

Name: Řăf: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-10-13
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surname · Latin script

Řăf is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Belgium than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Clipping of Rafael.

rarermore common

BEBelgium≈1 in 4K(inferred from the name graph)
EGEgypt≈1 in 55Kas Raef
NLNetherlands1 in 11K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Řăf itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

: Belgium (inferred from the name graph)
Record sources: 133 (measured from records)
: ≈1 in 4.0K (inferred from the name graph)

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Raf in BE Belgium, NL Netherlands, ID Indonesia and Raef in EG Egypt, SA Saudi Arabia, TN Tunisia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

Clipping of Rafael.

Cited for this meaning 2

Wiktionary
Chinese Surnames Dictionary (Section 1)

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

Řăf counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Řăf is recorded, by country
Country					Most common spelling	Sources
BE Belgium	#740	≈2,900 est.	≈1 in 4K	—	Raf	92
EG Egypt	—	≈1,900 est.	≈1 in 55K	—	Raef	49
ID Indonesia	—	≈1,800 est.	≈1 in 147K	—	Raf	45
NL Netherlands	—	1,540	1 in 11K	1.5K	Raf	44
SA Saudi Arabia	—	≈960 est.	≈1 in 36K	—	Raef	32
TN Tunisia	—	≈310 est.	≈1 in 37K	—	Raef	21

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

Řăf is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

Spanish given name11 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Argentina, Italy
Languages: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Also written Raf, Ràf, Råf, Râf, Räf
French given name23 spellings in the group
Most recorded in France, Belgium, United States, Netherlands
Also written Raf, Ràf, Raf', Räf, Râf

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Řăf under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Řăf mean, and where does it come from?: Clipping of Rafael. Recorded by Wiktionary and Chinese Surnames Dictionary (Section 1).
In which country does Řăf have the most bearers?: Mondonomo estimates about 2.9 thousand people named Řăf in Belgium, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled raf.
How common is the name Řăf?: In the Netherlands, the national register counted 1,540 people named Řăf, about 1 in 11 thousand residents.
How common is Řăf compared with other names?: In Belgium, Řăf is the 740th most common given name of 59,589 given names recorded there.

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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/%C5%99%C4%83f

The payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.

About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of 2026-10-13 and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Řăf” — the 740th most common given name in Belgium. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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