Refa Surname
Approximately 1,267 people bear this surname
Refa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 1,081 | 1:147,416 | 5,565 |
| Indonesia | 53 | 1:2,495,268 | 147,726 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Syria | 6 | 1:3,216,837 | 11,326 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Solomon Islands | 3 | 1:193,343 | 19,495 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Refa (11,354) may also be a first name.
Refa Demographics
Refa Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Refa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Refa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Refa (Hindi: रेफा, Russian: Рефа) is found most frequently in Bangladesh. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Refa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 300,128th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 5,751,812 people. Refa is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Refa reside; 87 percent reside in South Asia and 87 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 56,259th most widespread first name globally It is held by 11,354 people.
The surname Refa is most numerous in Bangladesh, where it is held by 1,081 people, or 1 in 147,416. Besides Bangladesh this surname occurs in 36 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 4 percent are found and Iraq, where 3 percent are found.
Refa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Refa surname is chiefly Greek Orthodox (67%) in Lebanon.
Refa earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.46% less than the national average, earning $33,458 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Refa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Refa in the Hindi language | ||
| रेफा | repha | - |
| Refa in the Russian language | ||
| Рефа | refa | - |
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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 Refa
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