Fefana Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Fefana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fefana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Fefana Last Name Facts

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

Fefana (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻔﺎﻧﻪ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Fefana click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fefana? popularity and diffusion

Fefana is the 10,311,814th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fefana reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 33 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Fefana is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 4,094,863. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 100 percent live. Aside from Mauritania Fefana exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 33 percent live and South Africa, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foefana921/
Feffana921/
Fofana83592,306/
Fefani83106/
Fafana8392/
Fefane8364/
Fifana8323/
Fofanah7760,461/
Fofanna77111/
Foffana7710/
Fedfane775/
Ffofana773/
Fofanai772/
Fofanaa772/
Fafanah771/
Fefanne771/
Fofanay771/
Feffani771/
Ffefena771/
Fofayna771/
Fafanna771/
Fefaner770/
Fofannah7147/
Fofanaih711/
Feafanes711/
Vafana67303/
Fofona67216/
Fifani67187/
Fafona6722/
Fifane6711/
Fifona672/
Fofaná671/
Fafena671/
Vifana671/
Vofena671/
Fofena671/
Fifany671/

Fefana Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fefana in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻓﻔﺎﻧﻪffanh-

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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 Fefana
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