Salefu Surname
Approximately 466 people bear this surname
Salefu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 458 | 1:386,775 | 20,431 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Salefu (167) may also be a first name.
Salefu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salefu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Salefu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salefu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 649,026th most commonly held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 15,638,511 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Salefu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 708,111th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 167 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 458 people, or 1 in 386,775. In Nigeria Salefu is most prevalent in: Benue, where 75 percent live, Ekiti, where 5 percent live and Lagos, where 5 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 1 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salefou | 92 | 52 | / |
| Shalefu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Sallefou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Salifu | 83 | 71,792 | / |
| Salafu | 83 | 101 | / |
| Selefu | 83 | 17 | / |
| Salofu | 83 | 17 | / |
| Salifou | 77 | 120,457 | / |
| Shalifu | 77 | 108 | / |
| Sallifu | 77 | 12 | / |
| Sailifu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Saliffu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Saulifu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Salifuh | 77 | 3 | / |
| Solefui | 77 | 2 | / |
| Salafuh | 77 | 2 | / |
| Saliofu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Saluifu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ssalifu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sehlefu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Salidfu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Salayfu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saliffou | 71 | 89 | / |
| Sallifou | 71 | 38 | / |
| Saalifou | 71 | 21 | / |
| Ssalifou | 71 | 13 | / |
| Salifouy | 71 | 8 | / |
| Salidfou | 71 | 7 | / |
| Szalifou | 71 | 5 | / |
| Saluifou | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sailifou | 71 | 4 | / |
| Salaifou | 71 | 3 | / |
| Saliofou | 71 | 3 | / |
| Salifous | 71 | 2 | / |
| Salifgou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Saloifou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Salifhou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Salifoud | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sajlifou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jalifu | 67 | 343 | / |
| Zalifu | 67 | 29 | / |
| Salliffou | 67 | 5 | / |
| Solifu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Selifu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Califu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Salouyfou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chalefoux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chalefaux | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Salefu
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