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
The last name Diefa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺠﻔﻪ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Diefa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Diefa is the 2,605,694th most frequent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Diefa reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Diefa is also the 3,024,661st most numerous given name on earth, held by 14 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Diefa is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 95 percent live and Rivers, where 5 percent live. Besides Nigeria Diefa is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 27 percent live and Indonesia, where 27 percent live.
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
- 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 Diefa
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