Refet Surname

1,267,784th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 181 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Refet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Refet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Bulgaria81:872,36331,900
England51:11,143,612252,590
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
North Macedonia41:525,36820,918
France21:33,211,361423,184
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202

Refet (1,278) may also be a first name.

Refet Last Name Facts

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

Refet is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Refet? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,267,784th most widely held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 40,262,685 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Refet are found; 86 percent are found in North Africa and 85 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Refet is also the 220,538th most frequently occurring given name in the world It is held by 1,278 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is borne by 153 people, or 1 in 600,887. Apart from Egypt this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Bulgaria, where 4 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Refeat91520/
Reffet91388/
Refett916/
Refete912/
Reifet912/
Riefet911/
Reafet911/
Refe891,221/
Reffett83758/
Rafet80930/
Refes80544/
Reefe80221/
Refer80177/
Riefe80172/
Reffe8081/
Reife8050/
Refit8025/
Refee8022/
Rifet8016/
Refej8010/
Refie809/
Refei808/
Reyfe808/
Refey807/
Rofet806/
Refed805/
Reafe803/
Refea802/
Redfe801/
Reufe801/
Refeh801/
Reffeitt7768/
Refetova7724/
Rethfest770/
Reffette770/
Resfeast770/
Reifer731,461/
Reefer73611/
Riffet73465/
Roffet73392/
Reffes73373/
Rafeat73225/
Rafeet73161/
Refait73148/
Raffet7378/
Reffit7377/
Reffer7370/
Rieffe7352/
Reffey7350/
Reiffe7349/
Reyfer7338/
Reffie7325/
Raafet7319/
Reafee7310/
Refitt737/
Redfer735/
Rafeth735/
Reffed735/
Reffee735/
Reafer734/
Reafie734/
Refije733/
Reefes732/
Riefee732/
Raifet732/
Rafett732/
Reifes731/
Rifete731/
Rofeit731/
Reafit731/
Refeah731/
Refeea731/
Reeffe730/
Resfer730/
Rife679,192/
Refa671,267/
Reffitt671,163/
Refi67734/
Reiffer67373/
Reifeis67118/
Raephet6764/
Riffett6752/
Reffait6717/
Raffeet6717/
Refy679/
Refaaie679/
Raffett672/
Rafeath671/
Refeesh671/
Reifess671/
Roffett671/
Risfett671/
Reifeer671/
Refé671/
Ra'afet671/
Reaphet671/
Rieffeh671/
Reisfer670/
Reaffer670/
Redfeid670/
Ryfe670/
Riffets670/
Reeffer670/
Reiffey670/
Riffeth670/

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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 Refet
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