Ferafa Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Ferafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Ferafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ferafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ferafa is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ferafa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,532,898th most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Ferafa live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria Ferafa is primarily found in: Benue, where 50 percent are found, Osun, where 44 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 6 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferafas | 92 | 1 | / |
| Firafa | 83 | 10 | / |
| Farafa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ferafe | 83 | 3 | / |
| Verafa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ferafi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Farafau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ferafer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ferrafj | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ferreifa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Forafo | 67 | 65 | / |
| Phetrafai | 67 | 36 | / |
| Farafo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Forafò | 67 | 3 | / |
| Verefa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Virafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fharefa | 62 | 16 | / |
| Fergofe | 62 | 7 | / |
| Faravah | 62 | 6 | / |
| Firafou | 62 | 2 | / |
| Farahava | 57 | 1 | / |
| Phetrapha | 53 | 182 | / |
| Pheerapha | 53 | 1 | / |
| Forofo | 50 | 65 | / |
| Phetraphai | 50 | 31 | / |
| Phetraphat | 50 | 8 | / |
| Virafe | 50 | 7 | / |
| Varefa | 50 | 1 | / |
| Varafo | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Ferafa
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