Refes Surname

577,768th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 544 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Refes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Refes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria4591:84,16513,119
France501:1,328,454133,611
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Tunisia11:610,62630,336

Refes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Refes is held by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Refes click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Refes? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 577,768th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 13,396,224 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Refes reside; 85 percent reside in North Africa and 85 percent reside in Mahgreb.

The last name Refes is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is held by 459 people, or 1 in 84,165. In Algeria Refes is primarily concentrated in: Algiers Province, where 47 percent reside, Tiaret Province, where 18 percent reside and Aïn Defla Province, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Algeria this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in France, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Refes Last Name Statistics demography

Refes earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 20.56% more than the national average, earning $52,021 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Refisch6731/
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Refy679/
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Refiche675/
Rafeesh673/
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Raffies671/
Refisse671/
Reifeer671/
Raifeis671/
Refé671/
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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 Refes
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