Diefa Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Diefa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Benin | 15 | 1:689,040 | 39,432 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Diefa (14) may also be a first name.
Diefa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Diefa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Diefa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺠﻔﻪ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Diefa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,605,694th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 73 percent of Diefa live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Diefa is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring forename worldwide, borne by 14 people.
The last name Diefa is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Diefa is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 95 percent reside and Rivers, where 5 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 27 percent reside and Indonesia, where 27 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Diefa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Diefa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺠﻔﻪ | aljfh | - |
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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 Diefa
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