Nefefe Surname

1,041,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 241 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Nefefe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nefefe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2391:226,68523,566
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Nefefe (88) may also be a first name.

Nefefe Last Name Facts

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

Nefefe is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nefefe.

How Common Is The Last Name Nefefe? popularity and diffusion

Nefefe is the 1,041,601st most widely held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 30,238,780 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nefefe are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,017,994th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 88 people.

It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 239 people, or 1 in 226,685. In South Africa Nefefe is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 74 percent reside, Gauteng, where 25 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 1 percent reside. Aside from South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.

Nefefe Last Name Statistics demography

Nefefe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.09% less than the national average, earning R 142,368 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nefef9129/
Neffew835/
Neffef834/
Neffeff771/
Nifeev671/
Nefafi671/
Nefphew620/
Nephew501,764/
Nafafe505/
Nefyov501/
Nafafi501/
Nafifi501/

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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 Nefefe
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