Refan Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Refan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 35 | 1:5,104,111 | 32,876 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Iran | 5 | 1:15,356,505 | 213,424 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Refan (559) may also be a first name.
Refan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Refan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Refan (Hindi: रेफन, Russian: Рефан) is found most in Pakistan. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Refan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Refan is the 2,061,309th most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. The last name Refan is predominantly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Refan live; 54 percent live in South Asia and 48 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Refan is also the 355,721st most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 559 people.
The last name is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 5,104,111. In Pakistan it is primarily found in: Punjab, where 71 percent are found, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 20 percent are found and Sindh, where 6 percent are found. Besides Pakistan this last name exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 33 percent are found and India, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Refan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Refan in the Hindi language | ||
| रेफन | rephana | - |
| Refan in the Russian language | ||
| Рефан | refan | - |
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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 Refan
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