Jefason Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Jefason Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Jefason Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1241:426,94829,878
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Jefason (35) may also be a first name.

Jefason Last Name Facts

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

Jefason occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Jefason.

How Common Is The Last Name Jefason? popularity and diffusion

Jefason is the 1,612,213th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Jefason live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most common forename on earth It is held by 35 people.

This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 426,948. In Tanzania Jefason is mostly concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 97 percent are found and Kagera Region, where 3 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jeffason931/
Efason921/
Jeffashon881/
Jefasan862/
Jephason8012/
Effasson802/
Sefasan711/
Ephason711/
Gifason710/
Sefashan671,426/
Efossoun671/
Jitphasong591/
Hifashan531/
Siphaison50109/
Jitphasan501/
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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 Jefason
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