"Raffles"是一个英语姓氏，来源于马来语单词“raffa”，意为“香蕉树”。在英国殖民时期，新加坡和马来西亚等地有许多种植香蕉树的人，他们中的许多人被赋予了这个姓氏。今天，“Raffles”仍然是一个常见的英语姓氏，在全球范围内都有人使用。
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数据来源：美国社会保障局 (SSA)
最著名的是他在新加坡建立英国殖民地。
Sherlock Holmes' sidekick Dr. John H. Watson mentions a " Colonel Sebastian Moran who had distinguished himself in the Afghan War and shot a man-eating tiger with his express rifle at point-blank range" as being a member of the "Second Battalion of the West Surrey Regiment" which was once commanded by none other than Sir Stamford Raffles.