Rifouna Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Rifouna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 27 | 1:410,363 | 54,524 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Rifouna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rifouna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rifouna is carried by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Rifouna.
How Common Is The Last Name Rifouna? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,730,171st most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Rifouna occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rifouna live; 96 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent live in Helleno-Europe.
It is most widely held in Greece, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 410,363. In Greece it is most prevalent in: Attica, where 96 percent reside and Peloponnese, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Greece Rifouna occurs in one country. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rifounas | 93 | 18 | / |
| Rifougna | 93 | 10 | / |
| Rifona | 92 | 1 | / |
| Rifuina | 86 | 9 | / |
| Rifonas | 86 | 8 | / |
| Rifunai | 86 | 4 | / |
| Ryfouna | 86 | 1 | / |
| Rifoune | 86 | 1 | / |
| Rifoina | 86 | 1 | / |
| Reifonas | 80 | 20 | / |
| Ryfounas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rifana | 77 | 439 | / |
| Rifoni | 77 | 37 | / |
| Rufuna | 77 | 28 | / |
| Rifone | 77 | 4 | / |
| Rifuno | 77 | 2 | / |
| Refuna | 77 | 0 | / |
| Rifanah | 71 | 106 | / |
| Roifana | 71 | 96 | / |
| Riefana | 71 | 53 | / |
| Refouni | 71 | 11 | / |
| Riffone | 71 | 11 | / |
| Rifaana | 71 | 7 | / |
| Rijfana | 71 | 5 | / |
| Risfana | 71 | 2 | / |
| Raifana | 71 | 2 | / |
| Raifune | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rifoneh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Raifone | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ritfana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Reyfonas | 67 | 6 | / |
| Reffouni | 67 | 3 | / |
| Rishfana | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rayfouni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rufuyana | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Rifouna
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