El-Refaei Surname

670,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 446 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Refaei Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Refaei 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
Egypt4271:215,30615,336
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada21:18,422,796409,488

El-Refaei Last Name Facts

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

El-Refaei is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

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

The surname is the 670,508th most prevalent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 16,339,789 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of El-Refaei live; 96 percent live in North Africa and 96 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Egypt, where it is held by 427 people, or 1 in 215,306. Not including Egypt this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 2 percent reside and Qatar, where 1 percent reside.

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-Refaeih951/
El-Refaey891,407/
El-Refaie89768/
El Refaei89416/
El-Refaee89306/
El-Rifaei893/
El-Refuei891/
El-Rafaei891/
El Refaeai841/
El Refaeih841/
El Refaey781,505/
El Refaie78994/
El Refaee78369/
El Refa'e784/
El-Rafaey781/
El Refaye781/
El-Rifahi781/
El-Riffaey746/
El Reffaie744/
El Rifaie6721/
El Ryfaie676/
El Rifahi674/
El Rafaey672/
El-Rafehi671/
El Rifaey671/
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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-Refaei
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