Warefa Surname
Approximately 191 people bear this surname
Warefa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 189 | 1:937,263 | 40,304 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
Warefa Demographics
Warefa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Warefa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Warefa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Warefa is most common in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Warefa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Warefa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,222,957th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 38,154,691 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Warefa are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 189 people, or 1 in 937,263. In Nigeria Warefa is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 96 percent reside, Lagos, where 4 percent reside and Edo, where 1 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
Warefa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warifa | 83 | 45 | / |
| Warafa | 83 | 20 | / |
| Barefa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Varefa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Barefah | 77 | 199 | / |
| Warifah | 77 | 50 | / |
| Werefah | 77 | 10 | / |
| Wariffa | 77 | 6 | / |
| Warofah | 77 | 6 | / |
| Worefah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ouharefa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Warifaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Werafa | 67 | 40 | / |
| Barifa | 67 | 31 | / |
| Barefe | 67 | 15 | / |
| Warifi | 67 | 15 | / |
| Borefa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Barefo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Varefi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Worifa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wareephat | 67 | 4 | / |
| Varefe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Verefa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Warifo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Werifa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Warife | 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 Warefa
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