Erefa Surname

791,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 356 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Erefa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Erefa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3381:524,09125,846
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
England61:9,286,343223,652
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

Erefa (208) may also be a first name.

Erefa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Erefa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Erefa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 791,719th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,470,635 people. Erefa is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Erefa reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 627,410th most numerous first name globally It is held by 208 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 338 people, or 1 in 524,091. In Nigeria Erefa is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 89 percent are found, Rivers, where 7 percent are found and Lagos, where 5 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Erefah9129/
Erefaa9114/
Ereifa912/
Gerefa911/
Erefai911/
Aerefa911/
Yerefa911/
Errefai83137/
Haerefa832/
Jergefa831/
Errefas831/
Gerefau831/
Arefa801,937/
Erefe80155/
Erifa8051/
Erofa8050/
Eryfa8030/
Erefo8021/
Erefi8021/
Erafa806/
Orefa804/
Irefa801/
Harefa7341,174/
Errafa73137/
Areefa73130/
Arefah7375/
Ariefa7340/
Erifah7314/
Esrefi7314/
Eruifa7310/
Erifai739/
Aarefa737/
Yerifa734/
Erifat733/
Arefai733/
Erifas732/
Areifa732/
Herifa732/
Eirafa732/
Eriefe732/
Arefaj731/
Ehrefi731/
Herefo731/
Erhefe731/
Erepha731/
Arrefa731/
Gerefo731/
Oraefa731/
Erefou731/
Erafah731/
Areffa731/
Aerifa731/
Arefea731/
Errifai671,295/
Errafai67615/
Errafay67294/
Gereffi67143/
Ereifej6751/
Aerofah6731/
Ariefah6730/
Hareefa6713/
Harefah676/
Harrefa674/
Arriefa673/
Aareefa673/
Hareffa673/
Haarefa672/
Erieffo671/
Herefod671/
Heriffa671/
Ereifes671/
Areefaa671/
Areefha671/
Erofaha671/
Errifay671/
Errafaa671/
Gerifah670/

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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 Erefa
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