Refran Surname

463,189th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 728 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Refran Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Refran Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines7031:144,00924,214
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Jordan71:1,263,20516,935
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Refran (13) may also be a first name.

Refran Last Name Facts

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

Refran is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Refran.

How Common Is The Last Name Refran? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 463,189th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,010,365 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Refran are found; 96 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 96 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used given name globally It is held by 13 people.

Refran is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 703 people, or 1 in 144,009. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Calabarzon, where 44 percent are found, Bicol, where 25 percent are found and National Capital Region, where 16 percent are found. Outside of The Philippines Refran occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found and Jordan, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Refrane927/
Reffran921/
Redfran920/
Reufrain860/
Reddfran860/
Rifran8374/
Rafran8321/
Refram834/
Riffran7797/
Raafran771/
Redfram771/
Redfron770/
Ryffranck6742/
Rafron6714/
Raffron624/
Riffrán624/
Redfrom620/
Rhafroun571/

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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 Refran
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