Refaa Surname
Approximately 246 people bear this surname
Refaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Algeria | 15 | 1:2,575,437 | 44,639 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Refaa (764) may also be a first name.
Refaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Refaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Refaa (Arabic: رفاعه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺮﻓﻌﻪ, Hindi: रेफआ) occurs in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Refaa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,025,894th most commonly held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 29,624,170 people. The last name Refaa occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Refaa live; 93 percent live in North Africa and 87 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Refaa is also the 297,080th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 764 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is carried by 214 people, or 1 in 429,606. Apart from Egypt Refaa occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 6 percent reside and Spain, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Refaa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Refaa in the Hindi language | ||
| रेफआ | repha'a | - |
| Refaa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺮﻓﻌﻪ | alrfh | 80 |
| ﺍﻟﺮﻓﻌﺔ | alrft | 20 |
| Refaa in the Arabic language | ||
| رفاعه | rfah | - |
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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 Refaa
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