Sef Surname

147,563rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,000 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Sef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1,8911:48,6184,776
Morocco4091:84,29414,399
Algeria2311:167,23621,100
Iran1161:661,91835,516
India851:9,024,299181,432
France461:1,443,972140,296
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Indonesia371:3,574,303189,798
Brazil161:13,379,646256,605
Israel161:534,85239,210
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
Pakistan111:16,240,35364,496
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
England31:18,572,686338,250
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

The alternate forms: Šef (167), Şef (115) & Šéf (1) are calculated separately.

Sef (3,169) may also be a first name.

Sef Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sef has its highest incidence in Egypt. It can occur as a variant: Šef, Şef or Šéf. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sef? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sef is the 147,563rd most common last name globally It is held by around 1 in 2,429,182 people. The last name Sef is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Sef live; 84 percent live in North Africa and 63 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 127,710th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 3,169 people.

This surname is most numerous in Egypt, where it is carried by 1,891 people, or 1 in 48,618. Outside of Egypt this surname exists in 49 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 14 percent reside and Algeria, where 8 percent reside.

Sef Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Sef are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.

Sef earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.05% less than the national average, earning $37,518 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šef89167/
Şef89115/
Seif86156,343/
Sief866,226/
Seef862,148/
Seaf861,704/
Sefe861,516/
Shef861,311/
Seff86612/
Ssef86563/
Seyf86482/
Szef8694/
Sefz8622/
Seft868/
Sjef865/
Sgef864/
Sejf863/
Sedf863/
Xsef863/
Seuf862/
Sepf861/
Scef861/
Setf861/
Sefh861/
Sefp861/
Sefs861/
Sehf861/
Sesf861/
Hsef861/
Šéf781/
Seife7515,181/
Seyfe759,132/
Sheff751,643/
Sheaf75517/
Sieff75429/
Sheef75292/
Seiff75277/
Sheft75134/
Schef75111/
Szeif75107/
Szefs75107/
Seeff75102/
Shief7574/
Seidf7562/
Siefe7536/
Seyff7521/
Shefe7517/
Sheif7515/
Seuff7513/
Seefe758/
Szepf758/
Hseef757/
Jzsef756/
Shepf756/
Seift756/
Seafe755/
Sseif754/
Seifs754/
Sheuf754/
Szeff753/
Sgeef752/
Sceff751/
Sceif751/
Sheyf751/
Seifh751/
Seeft751/
Seffe751/
Seefh751/
Seifp751/
Shedf751/
Sefft751/
Sefph751/
Jsefh751/
Sieft750/
Sceft750/
Siefs750/
Seaff750/
Sev675,708/
Sif675,552/
Sew673,508/
Seb672,307/
Scheff671,627/
Schefe67967/
Scheef67561/
Sheaff67554/
Schief67198/
Seiffe67183/
Sheafe67153/
Shieff67135/
Jef67124/
Säf67121/
Szeffs67108/
Zef6786/
Schepf6786/
Sheiff6768/
Sheffe6751/
Szeiff6738/
Scheaf6726/
Sefova6723/
Szeift6721/
Sheffs6719/
Syf6719/
Schefs6713/
Schefz6712/
Scheif678/
Xef678/
Szieff677/
Gef677/
Sheaft674/
Sheefe674/
Cef674/
Sheefh673/
Schcef673/
Seefhh672/
Sheetf671/
Sheifh671/
Sheefs671/
Soheef671/
Sheyfe671/
Sseefe671/
Sechfe671/
Seidfe671/
Sehsfh671/
Sceafe670/
Scheuf670/
Seaffe670/
Shepft670/
Schehf670/
Sheife670/
Sheifs670/
Sheafs670/
Sceife670/

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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 Sef
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