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Rifat Family History

Rifat Surname Meaning

from a personal name based on Arabic rifʿat ‘high rank’.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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Between 1982 and 1999, in the United States, Rifat life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1998, and highest in 1999. The average life expectancy for Rifat in 1982 was 84, and 87 in 1999.

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