Prefa Surname
Approximately 288 people bear this surname
Prefa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 274 | 1:646,506 | 30,379 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Prefa (36) may also be a first name.
Prefa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Prefa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Prefa is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Prefa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Prefa is the 919,444th most common surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 25,303,979 people. Prefa is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Prefa reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Prefa is also the 1,717,090th most numerous forename internationally, held by 36 people.
Prefa is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 274 people, or 1 in 646,506. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 67 percent are found, Edo, where 9 percent are found and Rivers, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Morocco, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefas | 91 | 22 | / |
| Prefat | 91 | 2 | / |
| Prefaut | 83 | 65 | / |
| Prefach | 83 | 49 | / |
| Prefeau | 83 | 0 | / |
| Pirfa | 80 | 87 | / |
| Prefi | 80 | 24 | / |
| Perfa | 80 | 7 | / |
| Prefe | 80 | 5 | / |
| Prifa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Profa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Përzefaj | 77 | 1 | / |
| Perfas | 73 | 1,037 | / |
| Prefot | 73 | 109 | / |
| Prefer | 73 | 104 | / |
| Prefit | 73 | 34 | / |
| Prefet | 73 | 19 | / |
| Prifah | 73 | 7 | / |
| Prefie | 73 | 2 | / |
| Prefis | 73 | 2 | / |
| Prepha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Prefed | 73 | 1 | / |
| Preifo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Prefos | 73 | 1 | / |
| Prayfa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Priefe | 73 | 0 | / |
| Preffy | 73 | 0 | / |
| Presfault | 71 | 1 | / |
| Preefer | 67 | 72 | / |
| Preffer | 67 | 70 | / |
| Prapfai | 67 | 47 | / |
| Preifer | 67 | 16 | / |
| Perfaud | 67 | 16 | / |
| Përzefi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Perfaiz | 67 | 6 | / |
| Prifach | 67 | 6 | / |
| Petrfay | 67 | 3 | / |
| Perfait | 67 | 3 | / |
| Preffet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Preepha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Praifah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Prefeth | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Prefa
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