Effa Surname
Approximately 8,556 people bear this surname
Effa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4,250 | 1:4,887 | 588 |
| Nigeria | 2,050 | 1:86,411 | 6,059 |
| Ghana | 762 | 1:35,460 | 4,134 |
| India | 424 | 1:1,809,116 | 64,170 |
| Gabon | 404 | 1:4,676 | 852 |
| United States | 147 | 1:2,465,707 | 151,024 |
| Ivory Coast | 83 | 1:277,967 | 10,712 |
| Canada | 74 | 1:497,913 | 42,460 |
| Russia | 67 | 1:2,151,090 | 130,958 |
| Malaysia | 47 | 1:627,537 | 30,158 |
| Germany | 44 | 1:1,829,670 | 103,431 |
| France | 41 | 1:1,620,066 | 149,911 |
| Chile | 24 | 1:734,020 | 16,565 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Uruguay | 11 | 1:311,978 | 20,848 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Effa (8,545) may also be a first name.
Effa Demographics
Average Effa Salary in
United States
$46,434 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Effa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Effa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Effa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻓﺎ, Russian: Эффа) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Effa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Effa is the 58,991st most prevalent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 851,747 people. The surname Effa is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Effa reside; 54 percent reside in Central Africa and 50 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 68,095th most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 8,545 people.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 4,250 people, or 1 in 4,887. In Cameroon Effa is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 66 percent live, South Region, where 20 percent live and Littoral Region, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it occurs in 42 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 24 percent live and Ghana, where 9 percent live.
Effa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Effa are 15.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.5% being registered with the party.
The amount Effa earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 7.61% more than the national average, earning $46,434 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.93% less than the national average, earning $49,222 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Effa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Effa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻓﺎ | afa | 50 |
| ﺍﻓﻰ | afy | 50 |
| Effa in the Russian language | ||
| Эффа | effa | - |
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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 Effa
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