MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Raphik mean?
Rafiq comes from Arabic رفيق, a companion or friend. The word also conveys kindness in companionship and became familiar as a masculine personal name through Urdu.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रफ़ीक़
Conventional spelling
Arabic
رفيق
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
रफीक
85,961 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
रफिक
5,709 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Raphik in Indian usage
8,856 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (87.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,129 records (12.7%).
- Recorded as male: 7,727 records (87.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 247 |
| 1950s | 694 |
| 1960s | 1,445 |
| 1970s | 2,059 |
| 1980s | 2,806 |
| 1990s | 1,493 |
| Other decades | 112 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 3,379 |
| Assam | 1,188 |
| Bihar | 890 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 791 |
| Jharkhand | 652 |
| Tripura | 535 |
| Rajasthan | 519 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 499 |
| Karnataka | 248 |
| Other states | 155 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001