Cognomen Rifat (Rifat 
, رفعت 
, Рифат 
) , all over the world, is a widespread last name. The surname Rifat is characteristic of Egypt, where it is quite a common surname, Bangladesh, and North Macedonia. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Bangladesh, Egypt, and Indonesia. Also, Rifat is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Rifat | India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey |
| رفعت | Iran, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan |
| Рифат | Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Russia, Azerbaijan |
| Рифать | Russia, Kazakhstan |
| mewlan sade rifat Armenian journalist (b. 1872) |
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| con rifat (b. 1878) |
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| claude rifat French biologist, FR (b. 1952) |
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| samih rifat (b. 1945) |
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| tim rifat (born 1957) (b. 1957) |
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| mitat rifat RO |
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| fatima az-zahra rifat (b. 1987) |
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