Edefah Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Edefah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Edefah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:4,643,172139,951
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552

Edefah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Edefah Come From? nationality or country of origin

Edefah is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Edefah? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,427,875th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Edefah live; 60 percent live in Northern Europe and 60 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Edefah is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 4,643,172. In England it is primarily found in: Greater London, where 100 percent are found. Outside of England this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 40 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Edefa91217/
Gedefa835,317/
Hedefa83241/
Edefoh8319/
Edeifa831/
Ediefa831/
Edeifoh7727/
Eddefaa772/
Adefahy771/
Odefa7392/
Adefa7349/
Edefo7337/
Edafa7319/
Edifa738/
Edyfa732/
Edofa731/
Idefa731/
Edeifo67259/
Adeifa67129/
Adifah6750/
Idefoh6731/
Idofah6711/
Edevoh6711/
Esdyfa673/
Hedafa673/
Edivah672/
Adeyfa672/
Edafea672/
Gedifa671/
Eddafa671/
Jhydefash671/
Adefai671/
Adofah671/
Hedefo671/
Adehfa671/
Odevah671/
Adeefa671/

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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 Edefah
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