Ejefe Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Ejefe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ejefe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria261:6,813,183158,601
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Ejefe (20) may also be a first name.

Ejefe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ejefe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺟﻒ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ejefe? popularity and diffusion

Ejefe is the 3,798,600th most commonly held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ejefe are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 20 people.

This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria Ejefe is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 62 percent are found and Enugu, where 38 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Ejefe exists in one country. It is also common in Mauritania, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ejefie912/
Ejeife911/
Eefe892/
Ehijefe831/
Ejjeffe831/
Ojefe8094/
Ejife8078/
Egefe8051/
Ejefi8016/
Ezefe8013/
Ajefe806/
Jeyfe805/
Jaefe804/
Joefe803/
Eyefe802/
Eefee802/
Eefei801/
Ejefa801/
Ejafe801/
Jeefe801/
Exefe801/
Heefe800/
Ezeife73456/
Ejaife73455/
Ojefie7341/
Ejefii7329/
Eyefie7324/
Edjefi7320/
Jeafer7316/
Esefer739/
Echefe737/
Jeifer735/
Ijedfe732/
Jeuffe732/
Iseefe731/
Ejiefa731/
Egefeh731/
Gajefe731/
Joefea731/
Egefer731/
Ejeffa731/
Oheefe731/
Yefe67258/
Eife67243/
Jeifetz6797/
Echefer6715/
Aefe6713/
Eufe6712/
Ezeifeh677/
Jife673/
Ejfj671/
Eefj671/
Ujfe671/
Ajfe671/
O'Eeffe671/
Uefe671/
Ejfa671/
Oefe671/
Ijfe671/

Ejefe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ejefe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﺟﻒajf-

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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 Ejefe
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