Refissa Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Refissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
Refissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Refissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Refissa is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Refissa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Refissa is the 2,718,172nd most numerous family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Refissa reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 1,990,740. Barring Ethiopia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Algeria, where 4 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
- 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 Refissa
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