Gefia Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Gefia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gefia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gefia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gefia occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gefia? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,730,171st most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Gefia is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Gefia reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 100 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 32 percent live and Colombia, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guefia | 91 | 70 | / |
| Geffia | 91 | 5 | / |
| Efia | 89 | 408 | / |
| Gehfiah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sefia | 80 | 1,804 | / |
| Effia | 80 | 902 | / |
| Jefia | 80 | 198 | / |
| Esfia | 80 | 107 | / |
| Gafia | 80 | 47 | / |
| Eafia | 80 | 7 | / |
| Eefia | 80 | 5 | / |
| Yefia | 80 | 4 | / |
| Efiah | 80 | 4 | / |
| Gofia | 80 | 4 | / |
| Efiaa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Etfia | 80 | 2 | / |
| Efiha | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gefea | 80 | 2 | / |
| Efiat | 80 | 1 | / |
| Efija | 80 | 1 | / |
| Guefaiia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gafița | 73 | 87 | / |
| Essfia | 73 | 21 | / |
| Sefiha | 73 | 17 | / |
| Chefia | 73 | 15 | / |
| Sefija | 73 | 15 | / |
| Guefio | 73 | 14 | / |
| Sejfia | 73 | 10 | / |
| Siefia | 73 | 10 | / |
| Effiah | 73 | 10 | / |
| Efioha | 73 | 9 | / |
| Seifia | 73 | 5 | / |
| Jeffia | 73 | 4 | / |
| Hefija | 73 | 3 | / |
| Efffia | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ijefia | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gofiah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Guifia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gapfia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Goffia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Effhia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gofiha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sefiah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Efijah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Seafia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jefias | 73 | 1 | / |
| Effiat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zeffia | 73 | 0 | / |
| Zefhia | 73 | 0 | / |
| Efio | 67 | 1,424 | / |
| Ifia | 67 | 78 | / |
| Efea | 67 | 47 | / |
| Gafoiya | 67 | 25 | / |
| Effioha | 67 | 8 | / |
| Efaiyaj | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sefihah | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chefiaa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Seifija | 67 | 3 | / |
| Efya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Efja | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gaifias | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sejfiaj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sefaija | 67 | 1 | / |
| Esfiaei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ojiefia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghafiaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kheifia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hechfia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goffiah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yfia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaiffia | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Gefia
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis