Refa'i Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Refa'i Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
Refa'i Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Refa'i Come From? nationality or country of origin
Refa'i is held by more people in Qatar than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Refa'i? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,116,508th most widely held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Refa'i are found; 74 percent are found in West Asia and 70 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.
Refa'i is most frequently held in Qatar, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 147,375. Barring Qatar it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 17 percent live and Egypt, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Refaei | 83 | 5,013 | / |
| Refahi | 83 | 152 | / |
| Rifa'i | 83 | 109 | / |
| Rafa'i | 83 | 8 | / |
| Rofa'i | 83 | 1 | / |
| Refaaie | 77 | 9 | / |
| Rifa'ie | 77 | 4 | / |
| Rafa'ei | 77 | 2 | / |
| Refaaii | 77 | 1 | / |
| Refaeih | 77 | 1 | / |
| Refaeie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Reefahi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Refae | 73 | 2,460 | / |
| Refaiyeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rifaa'ie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Refaey | 67 | 8,564 | / |
| Refaee | 67 | 3,452 | / |
| Rafahi | 67 | 2,721 | / |
| Rafaei | 67 | 472 | / |
| Refaae | 67 | 122 | / |
| Refoua | 67 | 76 | / |
| Rifaei | 67 | 46 | / |
| Rifahi | 67 | 37 | / |
| Refahe | 67 | 16 | / |
| Refeay | 67 | 6 | / |
| Refaeh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Rofa'e | 67 | 5 | / |
| Rafa'e | 67 | 4 | / |
| Rifa'e | 67 | 3 | / |
| Rofahi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rafeai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Refaea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Reffae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rofaei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Reafae | 67 | 1 | / |
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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'i
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis