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
Eferu is most common in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Eferu.
How Common Is The Last Name Eferu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,580,327th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Eferu are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 3,342,316. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 66 percent are found, Lagos, where 23 percent are found and Ekiti, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found 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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