Berefaye Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Berefaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Berefaye (79) may also be a first name.
Berefaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Berefaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Berefaye occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Berefaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Berefaye? popularity and diffusion
Berefaye is the 8,968,613th most frequent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Berefaye is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Berefaye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,083,225th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 79 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Berefaye is primarily concentrated in: Ogun, where 100 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Benin, where 25 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Berefaye
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