Aberefa Surname

1,315,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 171 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Aberefa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Aberefa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1591:1,114,10545,936
England81:6,964,757184,742
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Aberefa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Aberefa has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Aberefa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Aberefa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Aberefa is the 1,315,412th most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 42,617,228 people. The last name Aberefa is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Aberefa are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 159 people, or 1 in 1,114,105. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Osun, where 55 percent reside, Lagos, where 33 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 6 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent reside and Ireland, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abereifa9393/
Abierefa931/
Abeereifa885/
Aberafa862/
Aberifa861/
Ebierefa8033/
Aborefaay751/
Averefo7110/
Eberifa711/
Ebharefa6739/
Oberiefoh636/
Oberhefer631/
Oberafo576/
Obarefo575/
Oberafoh539/
Oberaifo537/
Obeirafo535/
Abarafou531/
Oberaifoh5022/

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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 Aberefa
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