Refuse Surname

745,450th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 386 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Refuse Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Refuse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti3491:30,6132,189
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Refusé (2) are calculated separately.

Refuse (57) may also be a first name.

Refuse Last Name Facts

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

The surname Refuse occurs more in Haiti more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Refusé. Click here to see other possible spellings of Refuse.

How Common Is The Last Name Refuse? popularity and diffusion

It is the 745,450th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,879,653 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Refuse are found; 90 percent are found in Caribbean and 90 percent are found in Gallo-Caribbean. Refuse is also the 1,308,380th most frequently occurring given name at a global level, held by 57 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Haiti, where it is carried by 349 people, or 1 in 30,613. In Haiti Refuse is primarily concentrated in: Ouest, where 98 percent live, Artibonite, where 1 percent live and Sud-Est, where 0 percent live. Without taking into account Haiti this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Refuse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Refuse has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Refuse surname rose 2,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Refuse Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Refuse earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 25.87% more than the national average, earning $54,312 USD per year and in Canada they earn 36.85% less than the national average, earning $31,374 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Refusé942/
Reffuse9235/
Refused926/
Refouse921/
Refus9126/
Refausse8638/
Rechfuse860/
Rafuse832,617/
Rehfus83141/
Refuge83129/
Rhefus8319/
Refuss8310/
Reifus834/
Refise831/
Rofuse831/
Reffus831/
Reafus830/
Reyfus830/
Refhus830/
Rehfuss77414/
Refugee77102/
Rayfuse7730/
Raffuse7721/
Reffuge7712/
Rafuese776/
Reifuss776/
Refugea773/
Rahfuse772/
Rafause771/
Refisse771/
Rehfous771/
Refugis771/
Rifutse771/
Reafuhs770/
Reefust770/
Refos73315/
Rifus733/
Reefhuis71125/
Reffisse712/
Refaussé711/
Rehfauss711/
Reffugee710/
Raiffuse710/
Refaussi710/
Rehfuß67125/
Rayfus6758/
Rafushheh6716/
Rafuce675/
Ruifus675/
Rafusi672/
Rafise672/
Rafuze671/
Refize671/
Rephus670/

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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 Refuse
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