Arefijev Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Arefijev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 24 | 1:176,192 | 22,291 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
Arefijev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arefijev Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Arefijev occurs most in Croatia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arefijev? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,882,373rd most widespread surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Arefijev reside; 96 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
Arefijev is most common in Croatia, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 176,192. In Croatia it is most prevalent in: Istria County, where 50 percent live, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 42 percent live and Bjelovar-Bilogora County, where 4 percent live. Aside from Croatia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 4 percent live and Czechia, where 4 percent live.
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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 Arefijev
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