Refera Surname

187,259th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Refera Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Refera Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia2,2541:43,2774,742
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Refera (14,800) may also be a first name.

Refera Last Name Facts

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

Refera is found most in Ethiopia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Refera? popularity and diffusion

The last name Refera is the 187,259th most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,226,005 people. The surname Refera occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Refera live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Refera is also the 46,819th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 14,800 people.

It is most common in Ethiopia, where it is held by 2,254 people, or 1 in 43,277. Excluding Ethiopia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Referza9227/
Referea922/
Rafera8322/
Refere836/
Refira831/
Rifera831/
Rofera831/
Roefero7783/
Referez7758/
Referee7747/
Rifejra7713/
Refered772/
Reifora772/
Redfere772/
Redfery772/
Referzo772/
Referos771/
Referre771/
Refearo771/
Reifearath751/
Roeffero7110/
Resfitra717/
Roeferro711/
Rafferay711/
Ra'afera711/
Reffered711/
Referees711/
Rafero6717/
Rofero6714/
Rifero673/
Refiri671/
Reforo670/

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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 Refera
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