Efana Surname
Approximately 241 people bear this surname
Efana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Philippines | 68 | 1:1,488,797 | 104,347 |
| Indonesia | 46 | 1:2,874,982 | 163,265 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Efana (110) may also be a first name.
Efana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Efana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Efana (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻓﺎﻧﻪ) is found most in The DR Congo. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Efana? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,041,601st most frequently held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 30,238,780 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 51 percent of Efana live; 47 percent live in Southeast Asia and 37 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 895,203rd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 110 people.
This last name is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 985,061. Not including The DR Congo Efana occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 28 percent are found and Indonesia, where 19 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Efana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Efana in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻓﺎﻧﻪ | afanh | - |
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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 Efana
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