Refoyo Surname

599,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 519 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Refoyo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Refoyo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain5031:92,9467,757
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Refoyo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Refoyo is held by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Refoyo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 599,225th most widely held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 14,041,514 people. The surname Refoyo occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Refoyo reside; 97 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 97 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Spain, where it is held by 503 people, or 1 in 92,946. In Spain it is most frequent in: Castile and León, where 59 percent live, Basque Country, where 16 percent live and Madrid, where 10 percent live. Beside Spain Refoyo is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 2 percent live and Argentina, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Refoyos921/
Refoy9174/
Refojo83318/
Refuyo8326/
Refoya832/
Rofoyo831/
Refooa831/
Refoye831/
Refeyo831/
Redfoy830/
Rifoyho771/
Refoios771/
Refay734,185/
Refey737/
Refoe735/
Rifoy733/
Refou733/
Refye731/
Refuy731/
Refoa731/
Reffoios711/
Refaay674,754/
Refaiy671,508/
Reffay67615/
Refuya67141/
Reffey6750/
Refeya6712/
Refuio6711/
Refayi676/
Refoji675/
Refouh675/
Refa'y674/
Refaya673/
Refaye673/
Refijo672/
Refujo672/
Rifiyo671/
Refayy671/
Rafoya671/
Reefay671/
Reefye671/
Refiye671/
Refoud671/
Refoia671/
Refoue671/
Rifoya671/
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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 Refoyo
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