Trefas Surname

1,359,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 163 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Trefas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Trefas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1521:132,09114,378
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Trefaş (9), Trefaș (6), Trefaš (1), Tréfás (60) & Trefáš (2) are calculated separately.

Trefas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Trefas is more commonly found in Romania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Trefaş, Trefaș, Trefaš, Tréfás or Trefáš. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Trefas? popularity and diffusion

Trefas is the 1,359,010th most prevalent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 44,708,871 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Trefas are found; 95 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 93 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Romania, where it is held by 152 people, or 1 in 132,091. In Romania it is most prevalent in: Bucharest Municipality, where 49 percent live, Bacău County, where 28 percent live and Neamț County, where 20 percent live. Apart from Romania Trefas is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 2 percent live and Slovakia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Trefaş949/
Trefaș946/
Trefaš941/
Trefash921/
Trefa9130/
Tréfás8960/
Trefáš892/
Terfas831,843/
Trafas83677/
Trefah83218/
Trifas8390/
Tryfas8356/
Treefa833/
Trefad831/
Trefasova801/
Trefois77484/
Traffas77209/
Trefaut7730/
Trefous775/
Terfase773/
Trefaux771/
Trofeas771/
Tiorfas771/
Trifa731,161/
Tréfa7348/
Tryfa7326/
Trefo735/
Trefault71161/
Terfasse715/
Treffaut711/
Trefeu67156/
Trifah67123/
Treufo6794/
Triffa6766/
Tryfos6761/
Traifa6757/
Trefou6749/
Trifos6729/
Treffault679/
Trefousse679/
Trifaş678/
Trifaș677/
Trevah673/
Trafos672/
Trefoy672/
Trafaś672/
Trefašová672/
Tryffa671/
Terfaz671/
Trefey670/

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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 Trefas
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