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    The surname Reffett

    A German surname, carried by 596 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R130

    Reffett: #37,391 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Reffett #37,391, 596 people Reffett: #37,391 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Reffett #37,391, 596 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Reffett is more common than 77% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Americanized spelling of various German surnames, such as Reffert, Refardt, Reifert or Riffert.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 596 people named Reffett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 518,029 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 603.

    #37,391
    rank among US surnames
    596
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #35,342)

    Who is named Reffett

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Reffett identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Reffett

    Reffett has the Soundex code R130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R130.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Reffett come from?
    Americanized spelling of various German surnames, such as Reffert, Refardt, Reifert or Riffert.
    How common is the surname Reffett?
    596 people in the United States had the surname Reffett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 518,029 Americans. It ranked 37,391st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Reffett?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Reffett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Reffett getting more or less common?
    Less common. 603 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 596 in 2010, down 1.2%.