MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Raphiya mean?
Rafia has two Arabic adjective sources: rafīʿa, exalted, and rāfiʿa, raising. Both belong to the root concerning lifting or elevation.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
राफ़िया
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
राफिया
3,105 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Raphiya in Indian usage
3,105 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling राफिया.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 231 |
| 1970s | 442 |
| 1980s | 1,198 |
| 1990s | 1,087 |
| Other decades | 147 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,776 |
| Other states | 329 |
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