Refern Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Refern Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Refern Demographics
Average Refern Salary in
England
£39,200
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Refern Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Refern Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Refern is found most frequently in England. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Refern.
How Common Is The Last Name Refern? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,063,924th most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Refern occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Refern are found; 80 percent are found in Northern Europe and 80 percent are found in British Isles.
Refern is most commonly used in England, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Derbyshire, where 25 percent reside, Staffordshire, where 25 percent reside and North Yorkshire, where 25 percent reside. Barring England this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Wales, where 30 percent reside and Australia, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redfern | 92 | 15,801 | / |
| Repfern | 92 | 4 | / |
| Refearn | 92 | 2 | / |
| Reefern | 92 | 1 | / |
| Reafern | 92 | 0 | / |
| Redfearn | 86 | 5,119 | / |
| Readfern | 86 | 66 | / |
| Redferin | 86 | 40 | / |
| Referina | 86 | 14 | / |
| Redferne | 86 | 12 | / |
| Revfearn | 86 | 1 | / |
| Redferen | 86 | 1 | / |
| Refearin | 86 | 1 | / |
| Refering | 86 | 1 | / |
| Referrin | 86 | 1 | / |
| Referend | 86 | 1 | / |
| Redferrn | 86 | 0 | / |
| Refarn | 83 | 1 | / |
| Reforn | 83 | 1 | / |
| Redfering | 80 | 48 | / |
| Redferrin | 80 | 28 | / |
| Redfearne | 80 | 26 | / |
| Redfearin | 80 | 24 | / |
| Readfearn | 80 | 24 | / |
| Redfearen | 80 | 2 | / |
| Reedfearn | 80 | 1 | / |
| Redferren | 80 | 0 | / |
| Reforen | 77 | 3 | / |
| Redfirn | 77 | 0 | / |
| Redfearrin | 75 | 1 | / |
| Redfairn | 71 | 26 | / |
| Refirina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Raforn | 67 | 0 | / |
| Rafarin | 62 | 2 | / |
| Rephorn | 62 | 0 | / |
| Raffarin | 57 | 102 | / |
| Rifirina | 57 | 4 | / |
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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 Refern
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