El-Refaey Surname

275,753rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,407 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Refaey Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El-Refaey 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
Egypt1,4031:65,5286,121
England21:27,859,030389,889
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El-Refaey Last Name Facts

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

The last name El-Refaey is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of El-Refaey.

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

This last name is the 275,753rd most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,179,492 people. El-Refaey occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of El-Refaey are found; 100 percent are found in North Africa and 100 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

This last name is most widely held in Egypt, where it is borne by 1,403 people, or 1 in 65,528. Aside from Egypt this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and Kuwait, where 0 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-Refae945/
El Refaey891,505/
El-Refaie89768/
El-Refaei89446/
El-Refaee89306/
El-Rafaey891/
El-Riffaey846/
El-Refa'ie844/
El-Refaeih841/
El Refae82125/
El Refaie78994/
El Refaei78416/
El Refaee78369/
El Refa'e784/
El-Rifaei783/
El Rafaey782/
El Refaye781/
El Rifaey781/
El-Refuei781/
El-Rafaei781/
El Reffaie744/
El Refaeai741/
El Refaeih741/
El Rifaie6721/
El Ryfaie676/
El-Rifahi671/
El Rifahi564/
El-Rafehi561/
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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-Refaey
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