Efua Surname

254,471st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,552 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Efua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Efua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana1,4551:18,5712,344
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Cameroon201:1,038,45365,513
Equatorial Guinea161:70,980225
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Senegal61:2,429,8904,996
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Efua (8,427) may also be a first name.

Efua Last Name Facts

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

The last name Efua is found most in Ghana. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Efua.

How Common Is The Last Name Efua? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 254,471st most widespread family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 4,695,584 people. Efua is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Efua live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 68,706th most frequently occurring given name world-wide It is held by 8,427 people.

The surname Efua is most frequent in Ghana, where it is held by 1,455 people, or 1 in 18,571. Outside of Ghana this last name is found in 16 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Effua894/
Jefua893/
Gefua892/
Efuas892/
Eifua891/
Hefua891/
Afua757,536/
Ebua752,743/
Efwa75545/
Ofua75403/
Ifua75134/
Evua753/
Efuo751/
Jefwa676,243/
Jebua67339/
Yebua6741/
Ofuah6719/
Ahfua6716/
Gifua6713/
Ebuay6712/
Affua677/
Offua674/
Efway673/
Hafua672/
Jifua672/
Yifua672/
Ephua672/
Yevua671/
Ebwua671/
Efuho671/
Ebuea671/
E'Bua671/
Uifua671/
Ifuad671/
Apfua671/
Efwat671/
Afwua671/
Eabua671/

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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 Efua
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