Ranefa Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Ranefa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ranefa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420

Ranefa Last Name Facts

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

Ranefa has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ranefa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,427,875th most common surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 95 percent of Ranefa are found; 95 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 95 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

The last name Ranefa is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 429,143. In Papua New Guinea Ranefa is mostly found in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It also occurs in Madagascar, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raneefa921/
Rahneefa861/
Ranifa834/
Ronefa831/
Ranafa831/
Ranifah778/
Renefah771/
Rhanjfa771/
Rangifa771/
Rhanifah7112/
Raineffe711/
Rainefer711/
Rangifau711/
Renofa6728/
Rañofa6711/
Ronifa679/
Ranavah6233/
Rangifo6227/
Reneifo623/
Ranyfer621/
Ranuife621/
Raniffe621/
Renhofa621/
Ratnipha5761/
Roinifah5714/
Rahnaifi571/
Ranafouh571/
Renifo502/
Ronafo502/
Renafo501/

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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 Ranefa
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