"Raffles"是一個英語姓氏，來源於馬來語單詞“raffa”，意爲“香蕉樹”。在英國殖民時期，新加坡和馬來西亞等地有許多種植香蕉樹的人，他們中的許多人被賦予了這個姓氏。今天，“Raffles”仍然是一個常見的英語姓氏，在全球範圍內都有人使用。
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數據來源：美國社會保障侷 (SSA)
最著名的是他在新加坡建立英國殖民地。
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.