Refilwe Surname
Approximately 1,085 people bear this surname
Refilwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 1,059 | 1:2,065 | 207 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Refilwe (30,941) may also be a first name.
Refilwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Refilwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Refilwe is more frequently found in Botswana than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Refilwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 338,992nd most frequent last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 6,716,632 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Refilwe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 27,265th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 30,941 people.
The last name Refilwe is most widely held in Botswana, where it is held by 1,059 people, or 1 in 2,065. Aside from Botswana Refilwe occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Refilwe
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