Jeff is used as a family name or surname in Ghana. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Jeff
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ghana
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Jeff

How popular is Jeff?

Jeff is common in Ghana.

Jeff is ranked 16484 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Jeffs plummeted by 0.7035176 per cent to 988 since 2000 and slipped by 1376 spots and ranked at 25115. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 43.52 44.92
Black 34.01 32.96
American Indian and Alaska Native 12.25 15.18
Hispanic or Latino 8.2 4.62
Others 1.42 0
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.61 0
Jeff is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Haiti is ahead in terms of density. Around 31880 people have been found who wears Jeff as their family name. Jeff is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
927 South Korea9
28,661 Serbia8
7,022 Senegal7
5,340 Iceland6
946 Papua New Guinea5
7,619 Ecuador3
4,915 Panama3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
23,165 Romania3
22,232 Morocco3
19,865 Iran3
108,034 Italy3
14,078 Japan3
2,935 Angola3
1,879 Honduras3
3,224 Afghanistan3
4,529 Mauritius3
4,413 Democratic Republic of The Congo2
50,640 Switzerland2
2,705 Togo2
54,641 Sweden2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
7,574 Bangladesh2
17,547 Colombia2
4,302 Benin2
37,372 Georgia2
12,161 Wales2
40,256 Mexico2
44,018 Poland2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
2,744 Rwanda2
6,266 Luxembourg2
5,936 Bahrain2
15,162 Costa Rica1
7,847 Albania1
340 Comoros1
14,618 Guyana1
846 American Samoa1
16,228 Bulgaria1
34,581 Chile1
37,493 Austria1
4,249 Cambodia1
31,584 Peru1
7,198 Maldives1
1,253 Burundi1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
49,529 Israel1
5,872 Namibia1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
24,176 Qatar1
6,212 Jamaica1
12,270 Lebanon1
47,891 Norway1
624 Solomon Islands1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
3,243 Suriname1
7,790 Zambia1
7,292 Vietnam1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
25,721 Egypt1
11,486 Estonia1
2,715 Gabon1
14,644 Tunisia1
42,479 Greece1
2,935 Madagascar1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
46,774 Kazakhstan48
52,947 Netherlands31
43,662 Belgium30
11,444 Portugal28
18,457 Scotland20
285,919 Indonesia20
5,663 Thailand18
53,698 Belarus18
14,048 Ireland16
83,233 Spain16
29,040 Denmark15
3,940 Nicaragua11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,743 Singapore89
40,500 Tanzania85
11,356 United Arab Emirates84
64,220 Ukraine73
10,487 New Zealand64
212,512 India64
Countries with hundreds of Jeff:
7,383 England925
16,159 Philippines902
6,001 Pakistan880
511 Taiwan869
12,025 France771
21,034 Brazil604
6,268 Cameroon496
16,752 South Africa365
15,335 Algeria357
31,047 Germany336
13,152 Canada290
10,934 Australia254
60,058 Russia226
24,716 Turkey210
2,019 Hong Kong119
572 China101
Countries with thousands of Jeff:
2,785 Nigeria8,864
8,684 United States4,301
2,025 Kenya2,825
2,514 Uganda2,240
1,497 Malaysia1,948
869 Haiti1,853
2,482 Ghana1,278
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Jeff was 20 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on July 5, 1849. He lived in Ireland where he worked as mechanic and took Martha J. Ward from Liverpool.

Jeff Namesakes

  • Aaliyah Annisa Jeffar Massaid, Singer
  • Aaron Jeffery, Actor
  • Thomas Jefferson Conant, Author
  • Carlon Jeffery, Actor
  • Aiden Jeffery, Musical Artist
  • Aisha Jefferson, Basketball Player
  • Alec Jeffreys, Geneticist
  • Carl Jefferson, Record producer
  • Mike Jeffries, Businessperson
  • Alec Jeffreys, Geneticist
  • Rocky Jeff played significant character of Ferry in 2018 drama film Keira.

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