Reffai Surname
444,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 767 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka
Reffai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| Algeria | 250 | 1:154,526 | 19,985 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Reffai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Reffai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Reffai is found most frequently in Sri Lanka. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Reffai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 444,963rd most frequently held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 9,501,364 people. Reffai is mostly found in Asia, where 50 percent of Reffai live; 50 percent live in North Africa and 48 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
The surname is most prevalent in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 365 people, or 1 in 57,010. Besides Sri Lanka it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 33 percent reside and Egypt, where 16 percent reside.
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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 Reffai
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