Effila Surname

891,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 301 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Effila Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Effila Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2931:70,8848,899
France31:22,140,907385,998
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Effila Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Effila Come From? nationality or country of origin

Effila has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Effila? popularity and diffusion

Effila is the 891,661st most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 24,211,116 people. The surname Effila is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Effila live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname Effila is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 293 people, or 1 in 70,884. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 89 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 7 percent reside and South Region, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Efffila921/
Effiola921/
Effilia921/
Efila91237/
Hefila83128/
Efilia83111/
Affila8372/
Eufila8316/
Efilai838/
Efilya836/
Offila831/
Effile831/
Effilo831/
Aefila831/
Eheffiela801/
Edfilat771/
Haffila771/
Effiles771/
Edfuila771/
Affilay771/
Hefilaa771/
Efile731,572/
Efili73989/
Efula73547/
Afila73521/
Efela73133/
Ofila7342/
Ifila7312/
Efilo734/
Efily732/
Hafila67558/
Efulia67322/
Hefela67216/
Afilah67128/
Afilia67106/
Ofilia6776/
Efulya6755/
Effeli6735/
Hofila6728/
Efitli6722/
Affela6714/
Effulo6711/
Gefela679/
Offela676/
Efelia676/
Efaili674/
Effely673/
Afaila673/
Efulah673/
Efeile672/
Effele672/
Afiela672/
Hefile672/
Evilah672/
Efuela671/
Ifaila671/
Aafila671/
Efioly671/
Ifiola671/
Aefela671/
Efilie671/
Afilai671/
Ifilai671/
Ifilas671/
Gifila671/
Afuila671/

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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
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  • 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 Effila
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