Refern Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Refern Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Refern Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:13,929,515290,718
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Refern Last Name Facts

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

The last name Refern is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Refern? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,063,924th most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Refern live; 80 percent live in Northern Europe and 80 percent live in British Isles.

Refern is most widespread in England, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England it is mostly found in: Derbyshire, where 25 percent reside, Staffordshire, where 25 percent reside and North Yorkshire, where 25 percent reside. Other than England it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Wales, where 30 percent reside and Australia, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Redfern9215,801/
Repfern924/
Refearn922/
Reefern921/
Reafern920/
Redfearn865,119/
Readfern8666/
Redferin8640/
Referina8614/
Redferne8612/
Revfearn861/
Redferen861/
Refearin861/
Refering861/
Referrin861/
Referend861/
Redferrn860/
Refarn831/
Reforn831/
Redfering8048/
Redferrin8028/
Redfearne8026/
Redfearin8024/
Readfearn8024/
Redfearen802/
Reedfearn801/
Redferren800/
Reforen773/
Redfirn770/
Redfearrin751/
Redfairn7126/
Refirina711/
Raforn670/
Rafarin622/
Rephorn620/
Raffarin57102/
Rifirina574/

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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 Refern
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