Deifa Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Deifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Deifa (253) may also be a first name.
Deifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Deifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Deifa occurs most in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Deifa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Deifa? popularity and diffusion
Deifa is the 5,057,639th most widely held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Deifa are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Deifa is also the 560,146th most commonly used forename internationally, held by 253 people.
The surname Deifa is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria Deifa is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 100 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent are found and Chad, where 7 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 Deifa
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