Jefet Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Jefet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jefet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

Jefet (130) may also be a first name.

Jefet Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jefet is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jefet? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,213,395th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Jefet live; 50 percent live in Oceania Islands and 50 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Jefet is also the 814,623rd most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 130 people.

Jefet is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Eastern Highlands, where 86 percent reside and Western Highlands, where 14 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 29 percent reside and Israel, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Jefeth912/
Efet89324/
Jefe8992/
Jeifetz8397/
Jeffett838/
Jeffeth832/
Yefet80228/
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Jefeer731/
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Jesfer731/
Effett730/
Gefeth730/
Jefa673,111/
Sefe671,516/
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Jefi67104/
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Efit6774/
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Jeffess671/
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Siefeut671/
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Djeafer671/
Jeffeis671/
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Chefeut671/
Hiefetz671/
Jeaphet671/
Ehijefe671/
Seifett671/
Efjt671/
Jeffesr671/
Jetphet671/
Siefiet670/
Seifeat670/
Seiffet670/
Geffeth670/
Jiffett670/
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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 Jefet
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