Rafiu

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Rafiu is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 3.5M(inferred from the name graph)

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈61 people, est.

Sources
92 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.5M (inferred from the name graph)

Nigeria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rafiu 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 Rafiu is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NG Nigeria#396≈61 est.≈1 in 3.5M—Rafiu78
US United States————Rafiu92
GB United Kingdom———6Rafiu53
KE Kenya————Rafiu1
GH Ghana————Rafiu16
JM Jamaica————Rafiu1
IE Ireland————Rafiu7

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: Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). 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(inferred from the name graph)

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

  • Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Nigeria, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Rafi'U

  • Romanian given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Nigeria, United States, France, Ghana

    Languages: Romanian, Spanish, French

    Also written Rafiú

43 further groups 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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 2 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Rafiu
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)20026#203,151

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

Is Rafiu a male or female name?
Rafiu is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Rafiu have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 61 people named Rafiu in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rafiu.
How common is the name Rafiu?
Mondonomo estimates about 61 people in Nigeria have Rafiu as their first given name, about 1 in 3.5 million residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
How common is Rafiu compared with other names?
In Nigeria, Rafiu is the 396th most common given name of 138,191 given names recorded there.

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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, “Rafiu” — the 396th most common given name in Nigeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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