Efa Surname
Approximately 9,069 people bear this surname
Efa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 3,381 | 1:28,851 | 3,488 |
| Bangladesh | 1,712 | 1:93,082 | 4,097 |
| Nigeria | 1,347 | 1:131,509 | 8,537 |
| Cameroon | 759 | 1:27,364 | 3,721 |
| Philippines | 586 | 1:172,761 | 28,026 |
| Indonesia | 209 | 1:632,771 | 49,860 |
| Russia | 185 | 1:779,044 | 64,443 |
| Portugal | 142 | 1:73,368 | 3,778 |
| India | 125 | 1:6,136,523 | 142,720 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Papua New Guinea | 78 | 1:104,535 | 14,121 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Iran | 52 | 1:1,476,587 | 59,047 |
| Solomon Islands | 36 | 1:16,112 | 3,051 |
| Germany | 28 | 1:2,875,195 | 137,699 |
| Kazakhstan | 26 | 1:680,096 | 45,825 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 25 | 1:45,427 | 166 |
| Ukraine | 24 | 1:1,896,779 | 136,831 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Mauritania | 17 | 1:240,874 | 11,443 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
Efa (23,878) may also be a first name.
Efa Demographics
Average Efa Salary in
United States
$58,536 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Efa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Efa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Efa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻓﺎ, Russian: Эфа) is found most in Ethiopia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Efa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Efa is the 55,961st most frequent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 803,567 people. The last name Efa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 63 percent of Efa are found; 37 percent are found in East Africa and 37 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Efa is also the 33,161st most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 23,878 people.
The last name is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 3,381 people, or 1 in 28,851. Aside from Ethiopia this last name occurs in 46 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 19 percent live and Nigeria, where 15 percent live.
Efa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Efa surname is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
Efa earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 35.66% more than the national average, earning $58,536 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Efa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Efa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻓﺎ | afa | 87.5 |
| ﺍﻓﺎ | afa | 12.5 |
| Efa in the Russian language | ||
| Эфа | efa | - |
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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 Efa
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