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
Refan (Hindi: रेफन, Russian: Рефан) occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Refan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Refan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Refan is the 2,061,309th most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. Refan is mostly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Refan reside; 54 percent reside in South Asia and 48 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Refan is also the 355,721st most commonly occurring forename worldwide It is held by 559 people.
The surname is most numerous in Pakistan, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 5,104,111. In Pakistan Refan is mostly concentrated in: Punjab, where 71 percent are found, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 20 percent are found and Sindh, where 6 percent are found. Not including Pakistan it exists in 13 countries. It is also found 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
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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 Refan
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