Efo Surname

814,680th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 342 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Efo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Efo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1161:1,527,09357,948
Indonesia791:1,674,040109,461
Papua New Guinea471:173,48324,058
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Cameroon281:741,75252,682
Solomon Islands181:32,2246,317
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Efo (982) may also be a first name.

Efo Last Name Facts

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

Efo (Russian: Эфо) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Efo? popularity and diffusion

Efo is the 814,680th most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 21,308,614 people. The surname Efo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of Efo live; 35 percent live in West Africa and 35 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Efo is also the 257,086th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 982 people.

This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 116 people, or 1 in 1,527,093. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Akwa Ibom, where 28 percent reside, Enugu, where 21 percent reside and Delta, where 18 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 23 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Effo86642/
Hefo8697/
Efoy8690/
Efoh8687/
Efoa8652/
Eifo8639/
Efos8638/
Aefo8634/
Efot8619/
Efod8617/
Efou8611/
Yefo867/
Jefo865/
Eafo864/
Eufo862/
Efoo862/
Efoi861/
Ezfo861/
Esfo861/
Etfo861/
Ewfo861/
Gefo861/
Evfo861/
Eefo861/
Efuo861/
Epfo861/
Efop861/
Yefou75251/
Effoh75163/
Yeffo75132/
Jeufo7567/
Effou7554/
Effoi7542/
Jeffo7535/
Effot7513/
Heffo7512/
Ehifo7510/
Efouh757/
Hefou757/
Eifos755/
Eifou753/
Effoa753/
Efoud753/
Esfou752/
Eifoh752/
Ihefo752/
Ieffo751/
Jefgo751/
Yefod751/
Yefoh751/
Gefou751/
Effod751/
Edfoh751/
Essfo751/
Effos751/
Eidfo751/
Ewfoh751/
Efoiz751/
Ewfoj751/
Eojfo751/
Efa679,069/
Afo673,511/
Ifo671,134/
Ofo67857/
Ojiefo67101/
Yeffou6756/
Ehifoh6749/
Etfouh6715/
Eaifoh6713/
Yetfoy6710/
Jeefoo679/
Heifou678/
Jfo675/
Eifoss674/
Aijefo674/
Hiefou673/
Ehaifo673/
Esfouh672/
Yfo672/
Jeffou672/
Heffou672/
Effous672/
Jeffop672/
Ijeifo671/
Ehifoa671/
Hefous671/
Iheufo671/
Efaova671/
Effoss671/
Eifous671/
Yeffot671/
Yeffoh671/
Jefois671/
Jeffos670/

Efo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Efo in the Russian language
Эфоefo-

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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 Efo
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