Reffner Surname

404,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 867 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Reffner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Reffner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8601:421,46436,514
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States751:669,58243,760

Reffner Last Name Facts

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

The last name Reffner occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Reffner? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 404,308th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 8,405,474 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Reffner live; 93 percent live in North America and 93 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Reffner is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 860 people, or 1 in 421,464. In The United States Reffner is most prevalent in: Pennsylvania, where 29 percent are found, Ohio, where 14 percent are found and Florida, where 8 percent are found. Aside from The United States it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 1 percent are found and Costa Rica, where 0 percent are found.

Reffner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Reffner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Reffner surname grew 1,147 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Reffner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Reffner last name are 26.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 72.94% registered to vote for the party.

Reffner earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.47% less than the national average, earning $38,199 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rieffner930/
Refner9273/
Raffner86252/
Riffner86106/
Riefner8685/
Reifner8666/
Roffner8615/
Reufner860/
Reafner860/
Refne838/
Refenner8038/
Rofner77562/
Rafner77102/
Rifner7784/
Refnes7715/
Refness718/
Reifnerová714/
Refnihr714/
Ruifner710/
Refni67553/
Refna6717/
Refennge670/
Reffienna6312/
Rayfene571/
Rifna50695/
Rifni5075/

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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 Reffner
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