Släkthistoria för Rifai
Rifai Vad efternamn betyder
Muslim (mainly Indonesia and Syria): from Arabic Rifāʿī a Sufi order founded by Ahmad Rifa`a al-Kabir. In Egyptian dialect the word rifāʿī has come to mean ‘snake-charmer’ in allusion to certain alleged Sufi practices.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
