Refano Surname

996,001st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 257 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Refano Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Refano Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy1411:433,73546,903
United States461:7,879,542351,394
Indonesia381:3,480,242186,493
Belgium231:499,85448,667
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

The alternate forms: Refaño (1) are calculated separately.

Refano (12) may also be a first name.

Refano Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Refano Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Refano is more frequently found in Italy than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Refaño. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Refano? popularity and diffusion

The last name Refano is the 996,001st most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 28,356,210 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Refano are found; 55 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 55 percent are found in Italic Europe. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used forename world-wide It is held by 12 people.

Refano is most commonly used in Italy, where it is borne by 141 people, or 1 in 433,735. In Italy Refano is mostly found in: Sicily, where 84 percent reside, Lombardy, where 13 percent reside and Liguria, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Italy this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent reside and Indonesia, where 15 percent reside.

Refano Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Refano are 24.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 71.43% registered with the political party.

Refano earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.08% less than the national average, earning $42,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Refaño941/
Refahno929/
Refana8362/
Rifano8349/
Riofano7789/
Riefana7753/
Rhefana771/
Riffano771/
Resfana771/
Refagna770/
Rifana67439/
Rifanah62106/
Roifana6296/
Rifaana627/
Rijfana625/
Rephana623/
Risfana622/
Raifana622/
Ritfana621/
Reifonas5720/
Reyfonas576/
Rishfana572/
Riphanou571/
Riffanacht5024/
Rifona501/

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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 Refano
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