Cefalu Surname

197,177th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Italy

Cefalu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cefalu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4641:247,58123,579
Italy5891:103,83117,530
France441:1,509,607143,950
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
England31:18,572,686338,250
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Cefalù (124) & Cefalú (1) are calculated separately.

Cefalu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cefalu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Cefalu occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Cefalù or Cefalú. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cefalu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 197,177th most commonly held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,431,048 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Cefalu live; 62 percent live in North America and 62 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Cefalu is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 1,464 people, or 1 in 247,581. In The United States Cefalu is most numerous in: California, where 23 percent are found, Louisiana, where 18 percent are found and Wisconsin, where 14 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 28 percent are found and France, where 2 percent are found.

Cefalu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Cefalu has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cefalu last name grew 29,280 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cefalu Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Cefalu are 12.6% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.37% being registered with the political party.

Cefalu earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.49% more than the national average, earning $50,696 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cefalù94124/
Cefalú941/
Cefaulu922/
Ceafalau862/
D'Cefalu861/
Cifalu8396/
Kefalou77117/
Chifalu77111/
Sefahlou714/
Chifallu714/
Cheffolu711/
Kifalu67946/
Seffahlou67306/
Kefoğlu6275/
Şefoğlu6246/
Suifalu6214/
Keyfoğlu5778/
Quefeulou534/
Suifa'alu532/
Zeyfeoğlu531/
Queffeulou50542/

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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
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  • 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 Cefalu
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