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
Prefa is most common in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Prefa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 919,444th most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,303,979 people. The last name Prefa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Prefa are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 36 people.
The last name Prefa is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 274 people, or 1 in 646,506. In Nigeria Prefa is most common in: Bayelsa, where 67 percent reside, Edo, where 9 percent reside and Rivers, where 9 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Prefa occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and Morocco, where 1 percent reside.
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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