Refai Surname
Approximately 27,109 people bear this surname
Refai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 12,417 | 1:7,404 | 905 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4,055 | 1:7,609 | 1,071 |
| Sri Lanka | 2,631 | 1:7,909 | 1,153 |
| Syria | 2,005 | 1:9,626 | 882 |
| Algeria | 1,451 | 1:26,624 | 4,847 |
| Lebanon | 979 | 1:5,758 | 997 |
| Jordan | 643 | 1:13,752 | 2,311 |
| Palestine | 588 | 1:7,736 | 1,633 |
| Kuwait | 434 | 1:8,757 | 1,230 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Indonesia | 320 | 1:413,279 | 34,865 |
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| United States | 192 | 1:1,887,807 | 122,674 |
| United Arab Emirates | 178 | 1:51,473 | 5,061 |
| Iraq | 152 | 1:230,406 | 5,073 |
| India | 87 | 1:8,816,843 | 179,063 |
| Canada | 39 | 1:944,759 | 71,777 |
| Sweden | 37 | 1:266,129 | 18,422 |
| Qatar | 34 | 1:69,353 | 6,725 |
| Spain | 33 | 1:1,416,728 | 44,772 |
| Tunisia | 30 | 1:20,354 | 3,251 |
| Libya | 25 | 1:249,759 | 1,033 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Turkey | 23 | 1:3,383,540 | 91,291 |
| Yemen | 16 | 1:1,651,581 | 12,512 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
The alternate forms: Refaï (1) are calculated separately.
Refai (3,735) may also be a first name.
Refai Demographics
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Refai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Refai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Refai (Arabic: رفاعى, Hindi: रेफई, Russian: Рефаи) is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Refaï. For other possible spellings of Refai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Refai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 20,174th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 268,824 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 52 percent of Refai live; 52 percent live in North Africa and 46 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Refai is also the 115,207th most frequently occurring forename globally, held by 3,735 people.
The surname Refai is most widely held in Egypt, where it is borne by 12,417 people, or 1 in 7,404. Aside from Egypt this last name exists in 46 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 15 percent live and Sri Lanka, where 10 percent live.
Refai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Refai surname is principally Sunni (98%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Refai surname are 7.19% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 60.42% being registered with the party.
The amount Refai earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 18.54% more than the national average, earning $51,147 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.23% less than the national average, earning $35,161 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Refai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Refai in the Hindi language | ||
| रेफई | repha'i | - |
| Refai in the Russian language | ||
| Рефаи | refai | - |
| Refai in the Arabic language | ||
| رفاعى | rfay | - |
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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 Refai
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