Refass Surname

748,537th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 384 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Refass Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Refass Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco3751:91,93615,801
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Refass (20) may also be a first name.

Refass Last Name Facts

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

Refass is found most in Morocco. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Refass? popularity and diffusion

It is the 748,537th most numerous surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 18,977,984 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Refass are found; 98 percent are found in North Africa and 98 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 2,446,817th most widespread forename throughout the world. It is borne by 20 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Morocco, where it is borne by 375 people, or 1 in 91,936. Aside from Morocco this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 1 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.

Refass Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Refass has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Refass last name expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Reffass92280/
Refasse921/
Refas913,937/
Refausse8638/
Reffasse864/
Rehfauss861/
Reffas833,126/
Rafass837/
Refais836/
Reifas835/
Refash832/
Refase831/
Rifass831/
Resfas830/
Roefas830/
Refa801,267/
Raffass776/
Reffase771/
Rehfais770/
Refat7340,304/
Refai7327,109/
Refay734,185/
Rifas731,758/
Refos73315/
Refaa73246/
Resfa73214/
Rafas73174/
Refah73134/
Rofas73116/
Refad73116/
Reffa73115/
Reifa7331/
Riefa7325/
Reefa7315/
Reyfa738/
Hrefa735/
Refaz735/
Rejfa734/
Refea732/
Refaj731/
Refoa731/
Refga731/
Refaï731/
Refha731/
Rezfa731/
Reifeiss71123/
Resfeast710/
Refaat67117,116/
Refaay674,754/
Reffat671,832/
Refaai671,594/
Reffai67767/
Reffay67615/
Refeat67520/
Refaih67396/
Reefat67361/
Rafoss67334/
Reffad67310/
Raffas67285/
Refait67148/
Refa't67122/
Rifais6789/
Refaid6763/
Riefai6741/
Riffas6732/
Rofais6728/
Refahe6716/
Refhat6712/
Reafat6710/
Rifash676/
Refaut675/
Ref'at675/
Rofoss674/
Refa'y674/
Rrefat674/
Rephas672/
Reface672/
Rafais671/
Reefai671/
Reefay671/
Refaaz671/
Refhai671/
Reffaa671/
Refatt671/
Reefaz671/
Refaha671/
Refaht671/
Raafas671/
Refooa671/
Reifai671/
Rhofas671/
Reefad671/
Refaiz671/
Refeah671/
Refeea671/
Reifat671/
Reifha671/
Reyfat671/
Rofash671/
Hrafas671/
Resfap670/
Roffas670/
Rifast670/

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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 Refass
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