El Refay Surname

773,729th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 367 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Refay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Refay 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
Egypt3661:251,19117,305
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

El Refay Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Refay is found in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of El Refay click here.

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

El Refay is the 773,729th most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,857,073 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of El Refay reside; 100 percent reside in North Africa and 100 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is borne by 366 people, or 1 in 251,191. Aside from Egypt El Refay occurs in one country. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Refay
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