Refson Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Refson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Refson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England471:1,185,49155,443
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Refson (30) may also be a first name.

Refson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Refson is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Refson? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,075,631st most numerous last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 66 percent of Refson reside; 65 percent reside in Northern Europe and 65 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 1,911,214th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 30 people.

The last name Refson is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 1,185,491. In England Refson is most frequent in: Greater Manchester, where 34 percent reside, Greater London, where 30 percent reside and East Sussex, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account England this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent reside and Israel, where 7 percent reside.

Refson Last Name Statistics demography

Refson earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.43% less than the national average, earning $37,354 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Refsoun92160/
Reafson920/
Refssoun861/
Refsoune861/
Revson8373/
Rebson8312/
Rewson833/
Rifson831/
Refssoune801/
Reibson7742/
Riefsen774/
Rephson771/
Raifson771/
Reebson771/
Ribson67123/
Refsum67117/
Revzon6759/
Revsen6715/
Refsem6712/
Rifsan6711/
Raiffeson672/
Rybson672/
Rayfesson671/
Rifzon671/
Rebsun671/
Rebsen670/

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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 Refson
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