Meaning
Strength, bravery, power, and warrior-like traits are associated with the traditional Efik (sur)name. Efiom (anglicised as Ephraim) has a strong connection to the Efik people’s ancestry and royal lineages, especially the Efiom Ekpo royal house.
Context
Efiom, which is now often misspelt as Effiom, takes its symbolic meaning from the crocodile (Ofiom), a powerful, disruptive force in water, but goes beyond its literal animal meaning to stand for warrior ancestry, royal trappings, and individual fortitude.
Significance
People with the name Efiom are frequently referred to as Ayib or Editim (nickname forms). Efio-Ita suggest the bearer’s forbears, biological father and grand father bore “Efiom”. Efefiom indicates the bearers forbears preferably the biological father bore the name. We have Efioanwan which is born by females
Efiom is traceable to the Duke and Henshaw families (Ansa Efiom) and the upper and lower Ntiero Houses of the Efik Eburutu people, all being descended from the Efiom Ekpo ancestry.
