Refat Surname

13,837th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40,304 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Refat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Refat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt23,1861:3,965531
Bangladesh13,6081:11,711951
Saudi Arabia2,9021:10,6331,467
Australia2441:110,63812,326
Kuwait581:65,5297,566
United Arab Emirates581:157,97011,714
Pakistan341:5,254,23233,450
Iraq261:1,346,98715,017
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Indonesia191:6,960,484292,931
Bulgaria171:410,52419,195
Sweden161:615,42245,338
Russia161:9,007,691311,782
Qatar161:147,37516,023
England91:6,190,895170,599
India91:85,229,487684,495
Libya91:693,7751,982
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Jordan31:2,947,47921,051
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
France11:66,422,722504,397
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

The alternate forms: Refát (10) are calculated separately.

Refat (27,630) may also be a first name.

Refat Last Name Facts

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

The surname Refat (Hindi: रेफात, Marathi: रेफत, Russian: Рефат) is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Refát. For other potential spellings of Refat click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Refat? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 13,837th most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 180,814 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 58 percent of Refat reside; 58 percent reside in North Africa and 58 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 29,679th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 27,630 people.

This surname is most frequent in Egypt, where it is held by 23,186 people, or 1 in 3,965. Aside from Egypt this surname occurs in 44 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 34 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 7 percent reside.

Refat Last Name Statistics demography

Refat earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 37.63% less than the national average, earning $26,911 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Refát9310/
Refaat91117,116/
Reffat911,832/
Refath911,006/
Refeat91520/
Reefat91361/
Refait91148/
Refa't91122/
Refhat9112/
Reafat9110/
Raefat915/
Refaut915/
Ref'at915/
Rrefat914/
Refate911/
Refatt911/
Refaht911/
Reufat911/
Reifat911/
Reyfat911/
Refa891,267/
Refault8332/
Reffait8317/
Refa'at8313/
Reefaat839/
Reffaat834/
Reefath833/
Refatte833/
Reiffat831/
Reafate831/
Refaa't831/
Reifate830/
Rifat8094,357/
Rafat8037,434/
Refai8027,109/
Refay804,185/
Refas803,937/
Refaa80246/
Resfa80214/
Refah80134/
Refad80116/
Reffa80115/
Rofat8042/
Reifa8031/
Riefa8025/
Reefa8015/
Reyfa808/
Hrefa805/
Refaz805/
Rejfa804/
Refea802/
Refaj801/
Refoa801/
Refga801/
Refaï801/
Refha801/
Rezfa801/
Refatova77156/
Reifaite771/
Resfeast770/
Raafat7382,602/
Rafaat7310,030/
Rifaat739,202/
Refaay734,754/
Reffas733,126/
Rifath733,045/
Riffat732,605/
Raffat732,314/
Refaai731,594/
Ra'fat731,258/
Rafath73920/
Reffai73767/
Reffay73615/
Refaih73396/
Refass73384/
Reffad73310/
Rifaut73237/
Rafeat73225/
Roffat73217/
Refaid7363/
Rifhat7354/
Riefai7341/
Rif'at7328/
Rafhat7327/
Rafaut7317/
Refahe7316/
Raifat7313/
Rifait7310/
Rafatt737/
Refais736/
Rafait736/
Rahfat736/
Reifas735/
Refa'y734/
Rayfat733/
Rephat733/
Rifate733/
Rajfat732/
Refash732/
Reefai731/
Reefay731/
Refaaz731/
Refhai731/
Rawfat731/
Reffaa731/
Reefaz731/
Refaha731/
Refoot731/
Rijfat731/
Rhifat731/
Rofath731/
Réfaat731/
Refooa731/
Raf'at731/
Reifai731/
Reefad731/
Refaiz731/
Refeah731/
Refeea731/
Reifha731/
Rifatt731/
Resfas730/
Resfap730/
Rifast730/
Rifa6714,052/
Refo671,227/
Ryfa671,191/
Riffaut67484/
Raffaut67469/
Riffath67372/
Reffass67280/
Rishfat67245/
Redfoot67239/
Raffath67157/
Ra'afat67154/
Rafahat67129/
Rifaaat6733/
Riefaid6722/
Rifault6722/
Rafhath6711/
Rahafat6711/
Rafaath679/
Refaaie679/
Rifa'at678/
Rifaith678/
Rifaath675/
Hreifah675/
Raifath674/
Rahfath674/
Raffait674/
Ra'faat674/
Raa'fat674/
Raafa't674/
Raafaat674/
Reefaai674/
Refa'ay674/
Raffaat672/
Rafhaat672/
Refaaya672/
Rafa'at672/
Rif'ath671/
Rafaith671/
Rafathh671/
Rafatth671/
Rafeath671/
Raffatt671/
Raafath671/
Reddpfa671/
Reephat671/
Raiffat671/
Riffait671/
Rifhath671/
Rifaate671/
Rephath671/
Rapheat671/
Refaa'y671/
Rifffat671/
Rehfais670/
Ridfath670/

Refat Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Refat in the Marathi language
रेफतrephata-
Refat in the Hindi language
रेफातrephata88.89
रेफतrephata11.11
Refat in the Russian language
Рефатrefat-

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