Refky Surname

394,847th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 894 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Refky Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Refky Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt8851:103,8828,743
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

Refky (730) may also be a first name.

Refky Last Name Facts

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

Refky (Arabic: رفقي) is found most in Egypt. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Refky? popularity and diffusion

Refky is the 394,847th most widely held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 8,151,617 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Refky live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Refky is also the 305,109th most commonly occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 730 people.

Refky is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is carried by 885 people, or 1 in 103,882. Outside of Egypt this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roefky9114/
Riefky914/
Reffky911/
Rifky803,177/
Refki80324/
Refka80192/
Refke8093/
Rafky8051/
Reffke73177/
Reifke73122/
Riefki7386/
Riefke7381/
Reefke7359/
Riffky7342/
Rifkey7315/
Roefke7310/
Riefka739/
Reifka735/
Riefqy733/
Reefqy731/
Rifkiy731/
Rafkey730/
Rifkcky6717/
Riffcky674/
Raevkiy672/

Refky Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Refky in the Arabic language
رفقيrfqy-

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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 Refky
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