Efede Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Efede Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Efede Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria501:3,542,855104,248
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Efede (12) may also be a first name.

Efede Last Name Facts

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

Efede has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Efede? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,605,694th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Efede live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 12 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 3,542,855. In Nigeria Efede is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 74 percent live, Edo, where 18 percent live and Bayelsa, where 2 percent live. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 4 percent live and Argentina, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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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 Efede
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