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Also of English Usage, as it's starting to become more popular in the USA and the UK.
https://www.behindthename.com/name/rafael/top/england-wales
https://www.behindthename.com/name/rafael/top/united-states
Also Romansh:
Source: "Vornamen in der Schweiz. Prénoms en Suisse. I nomi in Svizzera. Prenoms in Svizra" (1993) published by the Association of Swiss registrars
Https://sursassiala.ch/2015/01/15/familienforschung/
Https://www.portraitarchiv.ch/portrait?page=290
Also Croatian: https://actacroatica.com/en/name/Rafael/
Also Finnish and Swedish: https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Rafael
Also used in Albanian. You'll find numerous bearers on social media.
https://instatemra.shinyapps.io/emra/
Also used in Romania. You'll find numerous bearers on social media. [noted -ed]
Also Slovak: https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meniny_na_Slovensku -- name day: October 24
You'll find bearers on social media.
Also Catalan: http://www.idescat.cat/noms/?q=Rafael&lang=en.
Also used in Hungary. [noted -ed]
This is also one of the spellings used in Irish. It's not used as a given name, as far as I know, but when referring to the archangel, the name is spelled either Rafael or Raiféal.
Also used in Croatia.

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