Refore Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

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

Refore Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Refore Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Refore Last Name Facts

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

Refore is most common in The United States. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Refore? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,649,889th most frequently held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. Refore occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Refore are found; 94 percent are found in North America and 94 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 21,321,114. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 35 percent are found, Georgia, where 29 percent are found and New York, where 12 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 6 percent are found.

Refore Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Refore has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Refore last name increased 1,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Refore Last Name Statistics demography

Refore earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 84.7% less than the national average, earning $6,600 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Refoure923/
Reufore920/
Refor9174/
Refour83258/
Refort83209/
Reford83160/
Reafor83116/
Rifore8362/
Rofore8319/
Refoir837/
Refere836/
Refare835/
Reifor832/
Redforest802/
Rethfored800/
Redford778,627/
Retford77363/
Refford77101/
Referee7747/
Reyford7743/
Refourd7735/
Reiford7731/
Reffort776/
Redfort774/
Reaford772/
Reyfort772/
Reafort772/
Referea772/
Reifora772/
Revford772/
Resford772/
Reeford771/
Referre771/
Reifort770/
Rifor73535/
Refar7336/
Reidford71198/
Rethford71126/
Readford71113/
Reforová7127/
Reitfort7112/
Reyffort711/
Reforova711/
Reidfort711/
Reshford711/
Rechford710/
Rethfort710/
Reedford710/
Riford6737/
Reathford6719/
Refart6712/
Rayfor677/
Refari675/
Reffar672/
Raifor672/
Revfar672/
Rephor671/
Riffor671/
Reyfar671/
Rifort671/
Reafar670/
Ryford670/
Refard670/

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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
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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 Refore
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