Atefa Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Atefa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
The alternate forms: Atéfa (1) are calculated separately.
Atefa (279) may also be a first name.
Atefa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atefa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Atefa (Arabic: اطفي, Bengali: আতেফা, Hindi: आतेफा) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Atéfa. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Atefa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,580,327th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Atefa are found; 61 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 531,524th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 279 people.
The surname Atefa is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria it is most common in: Delta, where 72 percent live, Rivers, where 17 percent live and Lagos, where 7 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 16 percent live and Indonesia, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Atefa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Atefa in the Bengali language | ||
| আতেফা | atepha | - |
| Atefa in the Hindi language | ||
| आतेफा | atepha | 83.33 |
| आतेका | ateka | 16.67 |
| Atefa in the Arabic language | ||
| اطفي | atfy | - |
| اطفا | atfa | - |
| عاطفي | atfy | - |
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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 Atefa
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