How rare is the last name Ref?

10,563 people in the United States have the last name Ref, about 1 in 28,297. It ranks #3,337 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

REF

#3,337

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,563
About
1 in 28,297
This common or more
53.8%
Who bears it

Of the 10,563 people with the last name Ref, 49.3% reported their origin as White, 21.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 19.6% as Black. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Ref

#3,335 Melo · 10,576#3,336 Colby · 10,566#3,338 Fultz · 10,557#3,339 Carl · 10,555

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ref, most common first.

#10,011 Reif · 3,074#36,891 Reef · 651#37,855 Reff · 631#123,144 Reb · 147

Also a first name

As a first name, Ref ranks #1,908 of 53,615, with 14,844 people. See Ref as a first name

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