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
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Effa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Effa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Effa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻓﺎ, Russian: Эффа) is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Effa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 58,991st most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 851,747 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Effa live; 54 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Effa is also the 68,095th most frequently occurring forename on earth, borne by 8,545 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 4,250 people, or 1 in 4,887. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 66 percent live, South Region, where 20 percent live and Littoral Region, where 6 percent live. Beside Cameroon Effa occurs in 42 countries. It is also common 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 national average, with 62.5% being registered to vote for the political 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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