de Raef Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Raef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Raef Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands311:544,74849,659
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288

de Raef Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Raef is most common in The Netherlands. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Raef? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,373,373rd most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. de Raef occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of de Raef reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name de Raef is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 544,748. In The Netherlands de Raef is primarily found in: Gelderland, where 61 percent live and Limburg, where 39 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands it is found in one country. It is also common in Belgium, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Roef8610/
de Reef861/
de Reyff8025/
de Reiff801/
de Rauw71202/
de Ruif711/
da Rauf711/
di Rav627/
de Rouw57693/
da Reejw531/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 de Raef
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