Arefjevs Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Arefjevs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 29 | 1:70,691 | 10,433 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Arefjevs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arefjevs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Arefjevs is more commonly found in Latvia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Arefjevs? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,543,123rd most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Arefjevs are found; 97 percent are found in Northern Europe and 94 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
The surname is most widely held in Latvia, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 70,691. In Latvia it is primarily found in: Latgale, where 48 percent are found, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 31 percent are found and Riga Planning Region, where 21 percent are found. Outside of Latvia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 3 percent are found and Germany, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Arefjevs
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