Ref Forename

450,135th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 372 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Ref Forename

The meaning of this forename is not listed.

Ref Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia-2071:1,246,20172,699
India
74%
 
341:35,731,705689,842
DR Congo
100%
211:3,515,60073,131
Afghanistan
 
58%
171:1,919,03017,461
Russia
100%
111:13,112,15545,377
England
100%
91:6,178,10252,254
United Arab Emirates-81:893,99927,106
United States-71:51,790,997317,178
Thailand
50%
 
61:11,677,636152,954
Canada-51:6,626,67458,631
Philippines
100%
41:26,502,369280,915
Ukraine
75%
 
41:11,374,97714,813
Argentina-31:14,257,74823,489
France-31:22,156,78046,973
Turkey-31:25,933,90352,822
Spain-21:23,264,98224,876
Hungary
75%
 
21:4,895,8864,852
Brazil-21:107,118,077571,487
Kosovo-21:930,72016,593
Australia-21:6,828,81137,569
Nigeria
100%
21:88,782,180420,186
South Africa-11:54,532,649471,300
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Peru
100%
11:31,791,454110,866
Netherlands-11:16,902,08343,152
Mexico-11:124,144,427140,512
Madagascar-11:23,629,4086,628
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Israel-11:8,402,91845,019
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Ethiopia
100%
11:97,560,13329,608
Czechia
67%
 
11:10,656,16211,509
Congo-11:5,009,20537,978
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Azerbaijan
100%
11:9,642,94442,290

The alternate forms: Rèf (1) are calculated separately.

Ref (174) may also be a surname.

Ref Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rèf891/
Reif8671,366/
Reuf861,004/
Reef86986/
Refe8693/
Rief8687/
Rzef8646/
Reft8644/
Reaf8638/
Reff8630/
Redf8610/
Reyf865/
Revf863/
Href862/
Refz861/
Refh861/
Repf861/
Rezf861/
Retf861/
Rref861/
Refs861/
Rehf861/
Reeft75193/
Reafe7577/
Reife7539/
Reiff7539/
Reyfe7531/
Rzefh7529/
Resfe7511/
Reffe7510/
Hreef758/
Reefe758/
Rieff755/
Reefs754/
Reahf752/
Rheff752/
Reeff752/
Resdf752/
Hrefh752/
Reefh752/
Rreuf751/
Hrief751/
Rhref751/
Rhief751/
Reyff751/
Rhefe751/
Rheef751/
Rheaf751/
Ref't751/
Retfe751/
Repfe751/
Redfe751/
Revfz751/
Refhe751/
Reifs751/
Rreef751/
Reshf751/
Rev6710,589/
Rif673,774/
Reb673,680/
Rew67512/
Rzeefh67116/
Ryf67115/
Rheafe6754/
Räf6713/
Rjf6711/
Reahfe675/
Hreefh674/
Rheefh673/
Reiffe672/
Rweefh672/
Raheif671/
Resddf671/
Răf671/
Reefth671/
Rahief671/
Reesfe671/
Reeffe671/
Reaffe671/
Reafhe671/
Ressfe671/
Rhedfe671/
Rheiff671/
Ra'ief671/

Ref Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ref in the Russian language
Рефref-

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Footnotes

  • First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ref