El Refai Surname

293,188th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,303 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Refai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

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
Egypt1,0371:88,6567,732
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: El Réfaï (1) are calculated separately.

El Refai Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Refai occurs most in Egypt. It can be found as a variant: El Réfaï. For other possible spellings of El Refai click here.

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

This last name is the 293,188th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 5,592,898 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of El Refai live; 80 percent live in North Africa and 80 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is held by 1,037 people, or 1 in 88,656. Excluding Egypt this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 18 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 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
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El Réfaï921/
El Reffaie894/
El Rifai881,081/
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El Rifaie8221/
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El Rafei75529/
El Rafii75397/
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El Rifay7521/
El-Refay756/
El-Refae755/
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El Riffi751/
El Hrifi751/
El Rrifi751/
El Reefy751/
El Rifaï751/
El-Refaay719/
El-Rifaai717/
El Rhrafi715/
El-Refa'y714/
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El-Rofaai711/
El-Raifai711/
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El-Refy675/
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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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