Refke Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Refke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Refke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany771:1,045,52570,954
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Refke (19) may also be a first name.

Refke Last Name Facts

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

Refke is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Refke.

How Common Is The Last Name Refke? popularity and diffusion

The last name Refke is the 1,931,261st most common family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Refke live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 19 people.

The last name is most common in Germany, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 1,045,525. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 40 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 21 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany Refke exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 8 percent are found and Poland, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Reffke91177/
Reifke91122/
Riefke9181/
Reefke9159/
Roefke9110/
Refk895/
Refky80894/
Refki80324/
Refka80192/
Röfke8026/
Rafke8018/
Rifke802/
Rofke800/
Rejfek73102/
Riefki7386/
Reibke7382/
Raffke7340/
Reifek7318/
Rifkey7315/
Roefky7314/
Riefka739/
Rifkes738/
Refque735/
Reifka735/
Riefky734/
Reefeq733/
Rebcke733/
Rifkie732/
Reffky731/
Rifkee731/
Rafkey730/
Rifk67189/
Refková67105/
Refkova675/
Revk673/
Roephke672/
Rjfk671/
Rewk671/

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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 Refke
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