El-Refai Surname

491,125th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 674 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Refai Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El-Refai 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
Egypt6411:143,42611,189
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
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El-Refai Last Name Facts

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

The last name El-Refai is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

This last name is the 491,125th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 10,812,383 people. El-Refai occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of El-Refai reside; 95 percent reside in North Africa and 95 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

El-Refai is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is borne by 641 people, or 1 in 143,426. Barring Egypt it is found in 12 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Denmark, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El-Refaie94768/
El-Refaai94199/
El-Refaiy949/
El-Refaii945/
El-Refa'ie894/
El Refai881,303/
El-Rifai88557/
El-Refay886/
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El-Rafai882/
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El-Refaay829/
El-Rifaai827/
El Refaai824/
El Refaiy824/
El-Rafaie824/
El-Refa'y824/
El-Rofaai821/
El-Raifai821/
El-Refy805/
El-Rafi801/
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El Reffaie784/
El Rifai751,081/
El Refay75367/
El-Rafei75312/
El Refae75125/
El-Rafih7512/
El-Reefy754/
El Refaa751/
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El-Rifay751/
El-Rifaa751/
El-Ryfay751/
El Refaay71366/
El Rifaie7121/
El Ryfaie716/
El Reefay714/
El Refa'e714/
El Refahy714/
El Rifaai714/
El-Rafaay711/
El-Reafey711/
El Rifaii711/
El Rephai711/
El Refaye711/
El Rafi67275/
El Refy67215/
El Rafa67126/
El Rifi6718/
El-Rify674/
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-Refai
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