Reffay Surname
Approximately 615 people bear this surname
Reffay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 482 | 1:137,806 | 21,137 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
Reffay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Reffay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Reffay occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Reffay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 526,921st most numerous surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 11,849,668 people. The surname Reffay occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Reffay live; 79 percent live in Western Europe and 78 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
Reffay is most prevalent in France, where it is carried by 482 people, or 1 in 137,806. In France Reffay is most prevalent in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 30 percent are found, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 16 percent are found and Pays de la Loire, where 13 percent are found. Other than France this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 20 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.
Reffay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Reffay has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Reffay
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