Ràfols
surname · Latin script
Ràfols is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 1.5M(measured from records)
- UYUruguay1 in 55K
- ESSpain1 in 55K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Spain (measured from records)
- Sources
- 111 (measured from records)
- 1 in 55K (inferred from the name graph)
905 people
Highest-authority source
Uruguay
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Rafols in PH Philippines, US United States, ES Spain and 2 more.
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
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ràfols 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | 905 | 1 in 55K | 905 | Rafols | 23 |
| US United States | 218 | 1 in 1.5M | 270 | Rafols | 111 |
| UY Uruguay | 62 | 1 in 55K | 62 | — | — |
| PH Philippines | — | — | — | Rafols | 54 |
| AU Australia | — | — | — | Rafols | 20 |
| HM Heard & McDonald Islands | — | — | — | Rafols | 1 |
905 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- María Rafols Brunab. 1781ESSpanish nun (1781-1853)
- Ramon Nouvillas i Ràfolsb. 1812ESSpanish politician and military personnel (1812-1880)
- Josep Francesc Ràfols i Fontanalsb. 1889ESSpanish architect and painter (1889-1965)
- Josep de Calassanç Serra i Ràfolsb. 1902ESCatalan historian and archaeologist
- Albert Ràfols-Casamadab. 1923ESSpanish poet and artist (1923-2009)
- Pere Portabellab. 1927ESnot in their usual nameSpanish film director
- Mingo Ràfolsb. 1956ESCatalan actor
- Feliu Guillaumes i Ràfolsb. 1962ESSpanish politician (1962–2024)
- Laura Ràfolsb. 1990ESAssociation footballer
- Enric Ràfols i MartíESpolitician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 1 sources across 0 countries.
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Ràfols have the most bearers?
- In Spain, the national register counted about 905 people named Ràfols, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rafols.
- Where is Ràfols most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ràfols is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 55 thousand people — even though Spain holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Ràfols?
- In Spain, the national register counted 905 people named Ràfols, about 1 in 55 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/r%C3%A0folsThe 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 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, “Ràfols”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.