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 surname Jeffa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺟﻔﻪ) is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jeffa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 391,429th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,061,445 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Jeffa reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 92 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 532,586th most common given name worldwide It is held by 278 people.
The surname Jeffa is most widespread 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 reside, Kilifi County, where 23 percent reside and Mombasa County, where 23 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 5 percent reside and Iran, where 2 percent reside.
Jeffa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally 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
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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 Jeffa
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