Refas Surname
Approximately 3,937 people bear this surname
Refas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 3,447 | 1:11,207 | 1,963 |
| Iraq | 419 | 1:83,584 | 2,678 |
| France | 61 | 1:1,088,897 | 118,069 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Refas (70) may also be a first name.
Refas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Refas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Refas (Russian: Рефас) occurs in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Refas? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 117,015th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,851,040 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Refas reside; 88 percent reside in North Africa and 88 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,162,016th most numerous first name globally It is held by 70 people.
It is most numerous in Algeria, where it is borne by 3,447 people, or 1 in 11,207. In Algeria it is mostly found in: Sidi Bel Abbès Province, where 56 percent reside, Mascara Province, where 18 percent reside and Algiers Province, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Algeria this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 11 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.
Refas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Refas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Refas last name fell 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Refas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Refas in the Russian language | ||
| Рефас | refas | - |
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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 Refas
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