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 last name Erefa is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Erefa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Erefa is the 791,719th most frequently used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 20,470,635 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Erefa are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Erefa is also the 627,410th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 208 people.

Erefa is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 338 people, or 1 in 524,091. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 89 percent are found, Rivers, where 7 percent are found and Lagos, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname 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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