Relief Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Relief Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Relief Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran501:1,535,65060,563
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Relief (84) may also be a first name.

Relief Last Name Facts

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

The surname Relief is most common in Iran. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Relief? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,661,929th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Relief live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,046,220th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 84 people.

This last name is most frequent in Iran, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 1,535,650. In Iran it is primarily found in: Gilan Province, where 70 percent live, Hormozgan Province, where 24 percent live and Lorestan Province, where 2 percent live. Besides Iran this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 2 percent live and Jamaica, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Relif916/
Relef911/
Reilef8321/
Reylef835/
Realif832/
Relife832/
Rehlef831/
Rilief831/
Reliew831/
Releaf831/
Reliev831/
Releef830/
Resleff7736/
Retleff7718/
Retliff7710/
Reyleff774/
Raeliff773/
Realife773/
Realiev773/
Raylief772/
Rallief771/
Roeleff771/
Reilaif770/
Rolef73135/
Rilef7358/
Rolif7333/
Ralif7323/
Relev7312/
Reliv734/
Rilif733/
Relib731/
Railef67667/
Roleff67248/
Roliff6773/
Raylef6765/
Reilev6756/
Retlev6730/
Releva6721/
Raliff6711/
Hrelev6710/
Releev679/
Ritlef677/
Raliev677/
Riolif673/
Roliev673/
Raleff672/
Rahlef672/
Rallef671/
Raliew671/
Realev671/
Realiv671/
Releew671/
Realeb671/
Rollef670/
Relyew670/

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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 Relief
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