El-Refae Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Refae Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Refae 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
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

El-Refae Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El-Refae Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name El-Refae is found most in Egypt. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El-Refae? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of El-Refae reside; 80 percent reside in North Africa and 80 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 22,983,938. Outside of Egypt this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 20 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
El-Refaey941,407/
El-Refaie94768/
El-Refaee94306/
El-Refa'ie894/
El-Refai88674/
El Refae88125/
El-Refay886/
El Refaey821,505/
El Refaie82994/
El Refaee82369/
El-Refaai82199/
El-Refaiy829/
El-Refaay829/
El-Refaii825/
El-Refa'y824/
El Refa'e824/
El-Reafey821/
El-Rafaey821/
El Refaye821/
El-Riffaey786/
El Reffaie784/
El Refai751,303/
El-Rifai75557/
El Refay75367/
El Refee754/
El-Ryfay751/
El Refaa751/
El-Rifay751/
El-Rifaa751/
El Refaay71366/
El Refaii71153/
El Rifaie7121/
El-Rifaai717/
El Ryfaie716/
El Reefay714/
El Refaai714/
El Refahy714/
El Refaiy714/
El Rafaey712/
El-Rifahi711/
El Rifaey711/
El-Raifai711/
El Refa'ay674/
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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 El-Refae
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