Gefa Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Gefa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 32 | 1:3,163,694 | 143,904 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gefa (721) may also be a first name.
Gefa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gefa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gefa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻔﻪ, Hindi: गेफा, Russian: Гефа) is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gefa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gefa is the 3,141,416th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. Gefa is predominantly found in Asia, where 82 percent of Gefa are found; 82 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 82 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Gefa is also the 307,326th most widely held forename globally. It is borne by 721 people.
The surname Gefa is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 3,163,694. In The Philippines Gefa is primarily found in: Calabarzon, where 100 percent live. Other than The Philippines Gefa occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent live and Brazil, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gefa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gefa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻔﻪ | kfh | - |
| Gefa in the Hindi language | ||
| गेफा | gepha | - |
| Gefa in the Russian language | ||
| Гефа | gefa | - |
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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 Gefa
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