Jefa Surname
Approximately 3,111 people bear this surname
Jefa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,981 | 1:15,491 | 1,859 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Mexico | 23 | 1:5,396,792 | 30,197 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Solomon Islands | 8 | 1:72,504 | 14,153 |
| Chile | 7 | 1:2,516,639 | 33,195 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Colombia | 5 | 1:9,554,814 | 25,159 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Jefa (1,458) may also be a first name.
Jefa Demographics
Jefa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Jefa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jefa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jefa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺟﻔﻪ, Hindi: जेफा) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Jefa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jefa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 142,943rd most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,342,509 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Jefa live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 204,195th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 1,458 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 2,981 people, or 1 in 15,491. In Kenya Jefa is primarily concentrated in: Kilifi County, where 50 percent reside, Kwale County, where 30 percent reside and Mombasa County, where 19 percent reside. Apart from Kenya this last name is found in 30 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and Mexico, where 1 percent reside.
Jefa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (80%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jefa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jefa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺟﻔﻪ | ajfh | - |
| Jefa in the Hindi language | ||
| जेफा | jepha | - |
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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 Jefa
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