Erife Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Erife Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 60 | 1:2,952,379 | 92,303 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Erife (81) may also be a first name.
Erife Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Erife Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Erife is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Erife? popularity and diffusion
Erife is the 2,333,370th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Erife reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Erife is also the 1,068,082nd most commonly used given name throughout the world, held by 81 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 2,952,379. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 80 percent live and Lagos, where 20 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Erife exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent live and Algeria, where 1 percent live.
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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 Erife
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