Popularity of the last name by country

United States

• California (1,157)
• New York (583)
• Maryland (148)
• Louisiana (142)
• Massachusetts (118)
• Illinois (116)
• New Jersey (111)
• Pennsylvania (104)
• Virginia (95)
• Connecticut (86)
• Texas (81)
• Michigan (51)
• Missouri (45)
• Kentucky (41)
• Ohio (37)
• Utah (37)
• North Carolina (34)
• Colorado (32)
• Minnesota (27)
• Florida (23)
• Iowa (23)
• Kansas (20)
• Arizona (19)
• Washington (19)
• Hawaii (18)
• Maine (14)
• Wisconsin (12)
• Idaho (11)
• Indiana (11)
• Mississippi (11)
• South Dakota (11)
• Nebraska (10)
• Oregon (10)
• Alabama (9)
• Rhode Island (8)
• Tennessee (8)
• Georgia (7)
• North Dakota (7)
• Nevada (6)
• New Mexico (6)
• South Carolina (6)
• Oklahoma (5)
• Montana (4)
• New Hampshire (4)
• West Virginia (3)
• Delaware (2)
• Wyoming (2)
• Vermont (1)

All countries

• France (33,584)
• United States (3,306)
• United Kingdom (2,570)
• Netherlands (2,363)
• Canada (1,394)
• Germany (1,094)
• Australia (946)
• Belgium (686)
• Switzerland (624)
• New Zealand (612)
• Algeria (556)
• Italy (457)
• Spain (430)
• Martinique (404)
• Norway (312)
• Denmark (306)
• Ireland (300)
• Poland (264)
• Portugal (214)
• Unknown country (200)
• Austria (189)
• Brazil (166)
• Hungary (139)
• Latvia (136)
• Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (127)
• Madagascar (96)
• Greece (84)
• Sweden (83)
• Czech republic (58)
• Russian Federation (50)
• Guadeloupe (49)
• Tunisia (39)
• Finland (35)
• India (33)
• Morocco (33)
• Romania (33)
• Turkey (33)
• Guatemala (30)
• French Guiana (28)
• Viet Nam (28)

Origine of last name

RAPHAEL : 1: Jewish English and German; French and Haitian (Raphaël): from the Hebrew personal name Refa'el composed of the elements refa ‘to heal’ + El ‘God’. This was borne by an archangel in the Bible. In North America the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages e.g. Italian <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Raffaele">Raffaele</a> Spanish <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Rafael">Rafael</a>.2: English and Scottish: variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Raffel">Raffel</a>.