Reftel Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Reftel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Reftel Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden241:410,28229,154
England51:11,143,612252,590
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Reftel Last Name Facts

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

Reftel is more frequently found in Sweden than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Reftel? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,543,123rd most commonly used last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Reftel reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 84 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 410,282. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Västra Götaland County, where 58 percent live, Halland County, where 25 percent live and Skåne County, where 13 percent live. Not including Sweden this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 16 percent live and Denmark, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Reftell924/
Roftel834/
Revtel832/
Raftell7797/
Raftl7316/
Rafthell711/
Riffttel711/
Rawtel6710/
Ravtel677/
Raavtel621/
Rowtell620/
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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 Reftel
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