Efir Surname

1,038,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 242 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Efir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Efir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1451:536,69929,869
Poland381:1,000,23071,240
Russia351:4,117,802198,221
England151:3,714,537119,675
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Efir (299) may also be a first name.

Efir Last Name Facts

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

The surname Efir (Russian: Эфир) is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Efir? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,038,570th most prevalent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. Efir is mostly found in Europe, where 52 percent of Efir are found; 43 percent are found in West Asia and 43 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 509,704th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 299 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is borne by 145 people, or 1 in 536,699. In Turkey Efir is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 68 percent reside, Denizli Province, where 10 percent reside and Ankara Province, where 4 percent reside. Other than Turkey this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 16 percent reside and Russia, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Efird892,557/
Esfir89233/
Efire89205/
Eyfir895/
Gefir894/
Efior894/
Jefir893/
Eifir892/
Efeir892/
Edfir891/
Ejfir891/
Efirt891/
Efier891/
Efair890/
Effire8010/
Esfeir809/
Effird804/
Effior803/
Effier803/
Effeir802/
Jefirt800/
Eifirt800/
Afir752,692/
Ofir751,215/
Efre75501/
Efer75103/
Jfir7512/
Ifir752/
Jeffire7317/
Efirova7313/
Jeffier734/
Jeshfir732/
Heffier731/
Ijefire731/
Esfeire731/
Hoefier731/
Hefer671,938/
Ahfir671,558/
Efere671,166/
Aafir671,078/
Effer67495/
Hafir67292/
Eifer67129/
Efeer6798/
Esfer6771/
Ifire6768/
Hofir6762/
Etfer6759/
Gefer6754/
Efert6743/
Hefre6742/
Offir6740/
Ofier6736/
Eufer6733/
Ofair6732/
Jefer6729/
Afair6723/
Effre6720/
Jefre6719/
Eyfer6714/
Yefre6711/
Aifir6710/
Hifir677/
Affir676/
Afhir676/
Jifir675/
Yefer672/
Țifir671/
Ofhir671/
Iefer671/
Ewfer671/
Afier671/
Ujfir671/
Ifier671/
Edfer671/
Ofeir671/
Eferd670/

Efir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Efir in the Russian language
Эфирefir-

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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 Efir
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