Effey Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Effey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 51 | 1:1,578,538 | 93,812 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Effey (48) may also be a first name.
Effey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Effey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Effey occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Effey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,255,512th most widely held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Effey are found; 75 percent are found in Western Europe and 73 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly occurring forename at a global level, borne by 48 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 1,578,538. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 92 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 4 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 2 percent are found. Other than Germany this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 11 percent are found and Kenya, where 6 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 Effey
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