Trefan Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Trefan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Trefan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania391:514,81739,172
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Cyprus11:884,87613,055

The alternate forms: Trefán (198) are calculated separately.

Trefan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Trefan (Russian: Трефан) occurs in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Trefán. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Trefan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Trefan is the 2,220,661st most frequent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The surname Trefan occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Trefan reside; 66 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 53 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The surname Trefan is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 514,817. In Romania it is most numerous in: Brașov County, where 77 percent live, Satu Mare County, where 10 percent live and Sibiu County, where 10 percent live. Apart from Romania it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 29 percent live and Ukraine, where 4 percent live.

Trefan Last Name Statistics demography

Trefan earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 6.79% less than the national average, earning $46,310 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Trefán94198/
Treffan9210/
Trifan8315,013/
Trefon83587/
Tryfan83210/
Trofan8381/
Trafan8331/
Tirfan8328/
Trefanova803/
Treffasen800/
Terzfan77114/
Treffon77109/
Tresfon7785/
Trefond7739/
Trephan7728/
Treefon772/
Terfane771/
Ttrifan771/
Trifant771/
Triffan771/
Trisfant71166/
Treephan7149/
Treffone7120/
Traephan715/
Tresfont711/
Trifanova672,354/
Trifon671,079/
Tryfon67704/
Tryfanova67270/
Trefoń67143/
Trifán6718/
Trofon676/
Trefeisen676/
Trifanová675/
Trefonova672/
Trafon671/
Trefom671/
Terfanova671/
Threephan671/
Threafont670/

Trefan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Trefan in the Russian language
Трефанtrefan-

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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 Trefan
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