Cefferty Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

Cefferty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cefferty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland291:184,61410,113
England151:3,714,537119,675
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Cefferty Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cefferty has its highest incidence in Scotland. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Cefferty.

How Common Is The Last Name Cefferty? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,372,517th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 82 percent of Cefferty live; 82 percent live in Northern Europe and 82 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly held in Scotland, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 184,614. In Scotland Cefferty is most prevalent in: North Lanarkshire, where 90 percent live and West Lothian, where 10 percent live. Other than Scotland Cefferty is found in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 23 percent live and South Africa, where 17 percent live.

Cefferty Last Name Statistics demography

Cefferty earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 176.74% more than the national average, earning R 657,648 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kefferty8822/
Sefferty880/
Seyfferty820/
Schefferte780/
Safferty751/
Sieferty750/
Shafferty710/
Seifferter673/
Sefarty671/
Saferty670/
Zeiferte635/
Seyfertj631/
Cefartti631/
Kefertis630/
Shaferty630/
Zeifertes591/
Ciforte532/
Safarty532/
Siferte530/
Shafarty501/

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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 Cefferty
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