Elrefay Surname

216,168th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,899 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Elrefay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elrefay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1,8911:48,6184,776
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Elrefay Last Name Facts

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

Elrefay occurs more in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Elrefay? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 216,168th most numerous last name on earth, held by around 1 in 3,837,570 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Elrefay reside; 100 percent reside in North Africa and 100 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

The surname Elrefay is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is carried by 1,891 people, or 1 in 48,618. Without taking into account Egypt this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside and The United States, 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
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  • 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 Elrefay
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