Refee Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Refee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Refee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Refee Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Refee has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Refee? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,206,983rd most numerous last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 73 percent of Refee live; 59 percent live in Southeast Asia and 59 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 2,268,787. In Malaysia Refee is mostly concentrated in: Johor, where 46 percent reside, Pahang, where 23 percent reside and Terengganu, where 23 percent reside. Barring Malaysia this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 18 percent reside and China, where 5 percent reside.
Refee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Refee has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Refee last name decreased 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Refee
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