Efele Surname
Approximately 414 people bear this surname
Efele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 285 | 1:621,554 | 29,491 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Efele (54) may also be a first name.
Efele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Efele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Efele is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Efele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Efele is the 708,658th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 17,602,768 people. The surname Efele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Efele live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,350,955th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 54 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 285 people, or 1 in 621,554. In Nigeria Efele is most numerous in: Delta, where 84 percent are found, Rivers, where 5 percent are found and Lagos, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Efele is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 30 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Efele
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