Arefaine Surname

104,984th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,464 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Arefaine Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arefaine Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia4,3461:22,4452,857
United States381:9,538,393399,091
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
Sweden191:518,25037,550
England101:5,571,806158,774
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
Norway61:857,04855,549
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Arefaine (4,664) may also be a first name.

Arefaine Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Arefaine Come From? nationality or country of origin

Arefaine is most common in Ethiopia. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Arefaine? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 104,984th most numerous last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,632,515 people. Arefaine occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Arefaine reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 100,368th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 4,664 people.

It is most common in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 4,346 people, or 1 in 22,445. Other than Ethiopia Arefaine occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Arefaine Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Arefaine last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.14% registered with the party.

The amount Arefaine earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 30.64% less than the national average, earning $29,927 USD per year and in Canada they earn 45.18% less than the national average, earning $27,238 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • 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 Arefaine
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