Eferu Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Eferu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 53 | 1:3,342,316 | 100,395 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Eferu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eferu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Eferu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Eferu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,580,327th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Eferu live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Eferu is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 3,342,316. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 66 percent are found, Lagos, where 23 percent are found and Ekiti, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 4 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeferu | 91 | 16 | / |
| Jeferu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Jeeferu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jefferu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jeferus | 83 | 0 | / |
| Efiru | 80 | 130 | / |
| Oferu | 80 | 90 | / |
| Aferu | 80 | 64 | / |
| Iferu | 80 | 7 | / |
| Eforu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Eferuhie | 77 | 5 | / |
| Jefferus | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yiferu | 73 | 1,771 | / |
| Yefiru | 73 | 2 | / |
| Efitru | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ofieru | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jefferouh | 71 | 0 | / |
| Yefioru | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afaru | 60 | 735 | / |
| Oforu | 60 | 148 | / |
| Ifiru | 60 | 22 | / |
| Afiru | 60 | 17 | / |
| Aforu | 60 | 13 | / |
| Ofaru | 60 | 5 | / |
| Yifiru | 55 | 49 | / |
| Șofaru | 55 | 30 | / |
| Aafaru | 55 | 23 | / |
| Affiru | 55 | 14 | / |
| Ofoiru | 55 | 13 | / |
| Hafaru | 55 | 9 | / |
| Aforou | 55 | 9 | / |
| Oifiru | 55 | 8 | / |
| Ofoyru | 55 | 4 | / |
| Offiru | 55 | 4 | / |
| Afaaru | 55 | 2 | / |
| Afaruu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Ipheru | 55 | 1 | / |
| Oforou | 55 | 1 | / |
| Jifaru | 55 | 1 | / |
| Affaru | 55 | 1 | / |
| Evarahu | 50 | 14 | / |
| Hafairu | 50 | 2 | / |
| Affarou | 50 | 2 | / |
| Affirui | 50 | 1 | / |
| Hifaruu | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Eferu
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