Réfael

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Réfael is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Rafael, Deus cura; Istanbul, Smyrna.

rarermore common
  • ALAlbania1 in 220K(measured from records)
  • ISIceland1 in 351K
  • BRBrazil1 in 563K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

376 people, 2022

Sources
35 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 220K (inferred from the name graph)

Albania

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Refael in US United States.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Rafael, Deus cura; Istanbul, Smyrna

Sources 1

  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Where in the world(measured from records)

Réfael counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Réfael is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil3761 in 563K833——
US United States3451 in 964K339Refael5
PL Poland271 in 1.4M27——
AL Albania141 in 220K14——
NL Netherlands61 in 2.9M6——
IS Iceland11 in 351K1——

376 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Réfael under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Réfael mean, and where does it come from?
Rafael, Deus cura; Istanbul, Smyrna Recorded by Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
Is Réfael a male or female name?
Réfael is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Réfael have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 376 people named Réfael, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Réfael most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Réfael is densest in Albania — about 1 in 220 thousand people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Réfael?
In Brazil, the national register counted 376 people named Réfael in 2022, about 1 in 563 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Réfael”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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