Jeffa Surname
Approximately 904 people bear this surname
Jeffa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 831 | 1:55,571 | 5,538 |
| Mauritania | 49 | 1:83,569 | 5,424 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jeffa (278) may also be a first name.
Jeffa Demographics
Jeffa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Jeffa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jeffa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jeffa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺟﻔﻪ) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jeffa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jeffa is the 391,429th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,061,445 people. Jeffa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Jeffa live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Jeffa is also the 532,586th most numerous first name on earth, held by 278 people.
The last name is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 831 people, or 1 in 55,571. In Kenya Jeffa is mostly concentrated in: Kwale County, where 54 percent are found, Kilifi County, where 23 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 23 percent are found. Apart from Kenya Jeffa occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 5 percent are found and Iran, where 2 percent are found.
Jeffa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (53%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jeffa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jeffa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺟﻔﻪ | ajfh | 58.33 |
| ﺟﻒ | jf | 25 |
| ﺃﺟﻔﻪ | ajfh | 8.33 |
| ﺍﻟﺠﻔﻪ | aljfh | 8.33 |
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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 Jeffa
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