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

Relief is found most frequently in Iran. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Relief? popularity and diffusion

Relief is the 2,661,929th most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Relief reside; 94 percent reside in South Asia and 94 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,046,220th most widespread first name in the world, held by 84 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 1,535,650. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Gilan Province, where 70 percent live, Hormozgan Province, where 24 percent live and Lorestan Province, where 2 percent live. Besides Iran this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found 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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