Trefois Surname

631,297th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 484 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Trefois Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Trefois Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium3531:32,5685,300
France1131:587,81278,453
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288

The alternate forms: Tréfois (70) are calculated separately.

Trefois Last Name Facts

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

The surname Trefois is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Tréfois. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Trefois? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 631,297th most common family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 15,056,913 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Trefois are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 92 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Trefois is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is held by 353 people, or 1 in 32,568. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Walloon Region, where 82 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 12 percent live and Flemish Region, where 6 percent live. Aside from Belgium this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in France, where 23 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tréfois9570/
Trefis9212/
Trefous865/
Trefies861/
Trefi8330/
Trefo835/
Triffois802/
Trefeies801/
Treffiss800/
Trifoi771,352/
Trefas77163/
Treufo7794/
Trafis7766/
Tryfos7761/
Trefou7749/
Trifos7729/
Treifi7717/
Trefes7712/
Tryfoi779/
Treffi778/
Tresfi776/
Trafos772/
Trefoy772/
Trefie772/
Trefit772/
Trefousse759/
Trafisz71201/
Trefoux71158/
Trifiss71139/
Treffot71126/
Terfous71123/
Traffis7155/
Tryfoss7117/
Tiorfos713/
Terfist711/
Trefash711/
Trifish711/
Treyfid711/
Treffit710/
Treffoy710/
Trifi671,709/
Trefa6730/
Tryfo6729/
Trifo6714/
Trefe6713/
Trefy676/
Trewfoot674/
Terfouss673/
Treffich672/
Treefoot672/
Treffoux671/
Treffess671/
Tearfoss670/
Treffitt670/

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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 Trefois
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