El-Refy Surname

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

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Kuwait

El-Refy Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El-Refy 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
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

El-Refy Last Name Facts

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

El-Refy is found in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The surname El-Refy is the 8,193,072nd most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of El-Refy live; 80 percent live in North Africa and 80 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Egypt, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 22,983,938. Apart from Egypt this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Kuwait, where 20 percent are found.

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-Refay936/
El-Reefy934/
El-Refaay889/
El-Refa'y884/
El-Reafey881/
El Refy86215/
El-Rify864/
El-Refai80674/
El Refay80367/
El-Rafey803/
El-Ryfay801/
El Reefy801/
El-Rifay801/
El Refaay75366/
El-Refaai75199/
El Reefay754/
El Refahy754/
El-Rafaay751/
El-Raffey751/
El Refa'ay714/
El-Refa'ie714/
El-Rifi711/
El-Rafi711/
El Rify711/
El Refai671,303/
El-Rifai67557/
El-Rafie67503/
El-Rafei67312/
El Rifay6721/
El-Rafih6712/
El Rafey6712/
El Refee674/
El Raafy672/
El-Rafai672/
El-Rifaa671/
El Refaa671/
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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-Refy
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