Sefa Surname

22,198th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,487 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Albania

Sefa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sefa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia11,4301:8,5341,320
Ghana5,9571:4,536644
Albania2,0731:1,406191
Bangladesh1,5321:104,0194,444
Turkey1,0081:77,2047,098
Kosovo5351:3,480575
Zimbabwe2591:59,6079,026
South Africa2361:229,56723,799
United States2101:1,725,995114,113
Malawi2091:81,91010,289
Indonesia1561:847,75164,043
Greece1431:77,48113,045
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
England671:831,61344,286
Papua New Guinea631:129,42417,695
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Belgium461:249,92730,800
Nigeria411:4,320,555118,938
Canada401:921,14070,350
Niger391:492,10312,962
Germany381:2,118,565113,742
Romania301:669,26246,959
Sweden291:339,54323,803
New Caledonia211:13,1533,514
Montenegro141:45,6833,117
Ivory Coast131:1,774,71034,235
North Macedonia121:175,12312,543
Northern Cyprus101:31,9016,529
Italy101:6,115,669111,715
Benin91:1,148,40050,768
India91:85,229,487684,495
Solomon Islands71:82,86115,196
Serbia61:1,190,82529,487
Bulgaria51:1,395,78141,665
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
China21:683,660,78330,601
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
France11:66,422,722504,397
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

The alternate forms: Šefa (7) are calculated separately.

Sefa (48,944) may also be a first name.

Sefa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sefa (Bengali: সেফা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻔﺎ, Hindi: सेफा, Russian: Сефа) is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Šefa. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sefa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sefa is the 22,198th most frequently held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 297,609 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Sefa live; 47 percent live in East Africa and 47 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Sefa is also the 18,859th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 48,944 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 11,430 people, or 1 in 8,534. Excluding Ethiopia this last name occurs in 63 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 24 percent live and Albania, where 8 percent live.

Sefa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sefa surname are 18.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.71% being registered with the political party.

The amount Sefa earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 31.87% less than the national average, earning R 161,904 per year; in United States they earn 15.57% more than the national average, earning $49,867 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.63% less than the national average, earning $47,384 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šefa927/
Shefa8914,829/
Sefah895,856/
Sefat894,381/
Sefaj89644/
Sefai89193/
Sefas89134/
Saefa89107/
Seefa8984/
Seifa8975/
Sefaz8958/
Siefa8940/
Seffa8928/
Sejfa8920/
Sefau8917/
Seafa8915/
Sefay8911/
Sefha896/
Sefaa895/
Sefoa891/
Sefad891/
Sefaï891/
Sefea891/
Shefat801,988/
Seffah801,676/
Seffaj80274/
Seffai80213/
Seifah8099/
Seefat8062/
Sheffa8048/
Sefaja8039/
Saefah8037/
Sefaat8036/
Sheefa8033/
Sefaya8031/
Seifai8030/
Shefaa8024/
Seifas8021/
Sefaha8020/
Shefau8017/
Shefai8015/
Seefah8014/
Seafay8012/
Sefaah8010/
Schefa807/
Shefad804/
Seefai804/
Shefas803/
Sheyfa803/
Seyfat802/
Shefah802/
Saefha802/
Shefaj801/
Seaffa801/
Sefast801/
Seifat801/
Seiffa801/
Seyfah801/
Seahfa801/
Sieffa801/
Siefay801/
Sewfat801/
Shefay801/
Scefai801/
Seffaa801/
Seffat801/
Seifay801/
Seifha801/
Shaefa801/
Sefash801/
Sefeae801/
Shefea801/
Saefai801/
Sshefa801/
Shefap800/
Siefat800/
Seafas800/
Siefas800/
Sefaus800/
Sifa7591,085/
Safa7545,280/
Sofa757,400/
Sefi754,143/
Jefa753,111/
Sefo752,070/
Sefe751,516/
Cefa75335/
Zefa75151/
Syfa75100/
Çefa7550/
Gefa7539/
Sefy756/
Xefa751/
Siewfah7330/
Sheaffa7326/
Schepfa737/
Siefach736/
Shefaat736/
Shefaya735/
Shefahu732/
Sheffea731/
Seafeah731/
Shefaha731/
Sheefat731/
Scheffa731/
Siewfai731/
Shiefaa731/
Shaeffa731/
Sefouha731/
Scheifa731/
Seifeat730/
Seyfait730/
Seyfast730/
Siefast730/
Shefass730/
Seifi6747,172/
Shifa6739,152/
Sifat6729,347/
Saffa6721,761/
Seife6715,181/
Shafa6714,247/
Seyfe679,132/
Sefer678,509/
Safai677,225/
Safaa676,805/
Sefid675,001/
Seyfi673,967/
Sofah672,840/
Shofa672,054/
Saifa671,115/
Cefai671,038/
Sifah671,027/
Soffa671,007/
Shefi67915/
Jeffa67904/
Chefa67735/
Safah67734/
Sefou67567/
Ceffa67495/
Sepha67493/
Sefio67369/
Sofea67338/
Siffa67316/
Shefo67298/
Zefaj67259/
Sifau67250/
Safha67157/
Safau67150/
Sifaz67123/
Sifas67106/
Safay67103/
Sifai6795/
Seifo6782/
Zeffa6780/
Sevah6777/
Sedfi6775/
Seify6771/
Seffo6768/
Soifa6759/
Sefit6752/
Suifa6751/
Djefa6751/
Shefy6749/
Sejfo6749/
Sofai6748/
Seffi6748/
Jeifa6748/
Zeefa6744/
Soyfa6744/
Saafa6743/
Seafo6743/
Sejfi6742/
Safea6742/
Sofha6740/
Siefe6736/
Sofaa6733/
Zefat6733/
Sefis6732/
Sifha6731/
Geffa6729/
Syofa6726/
Szefi6726/
Sefui6723/
Shyfa6722/
Sefho6722/
Shefe6717/
Syfah6714/
Sefii6714/
Sefie6714/
Siefo6714/
Sefoo6713/
Sefeh6713/
Seefi6712/
Seafi6712/
Saefo6712/
Sefee6710/
Sefei679/
Zeifa679/
Sahfa679/
Sefys679/
Seefe678/
Sifaa678/
Cefaz677/
Sidfa677/
Sifad676/
Sayfa676/
Seafe675/
Siefi675/
Sevfi675/
Gedfa675/
Sedfy675/
Seufi674/
Seufy674/
Sefeu673/
Cefas673/
Sifoa673/
Sifay672/
Cefau672/
Zefas672/
Seffy672/
Jeefa672/
Jefas672/
Gefea672/
Sisfa672/
Seyfo672/
Shefahei672/
Sefoi672/
Seefo672/
Siefy672/
Hsafa672/
Zefai672/
Xhefa672/
Sapfa671/
Cefah671/
Jehfa671/
Hjefa671/
Sitfa671/
Sofay671/
Sopfa671/
Sefey671/
Szefo671/
Seafy671/
Seffe671/
Sefih671/
Ceifa671/
Sefhi671/
Jefad671/
Jesfa671/
Zefad671/
Zefay671/
Zefea671/
Sofìa671/
Seufo671/
Sipfa671/
Sifga671/
Sehva671/
Sefez671/
Sefoh671/
Szyfa671/
Gefad671/
Gejfa671/
Cefaï671/
Sefyi671/
Setfi671/
Cefad671/
Gefaa671/
Gefaz671/
Sofau671/
Sehfi671/
Seedfhad671/
Saf'a671/
Syfas671/
Zcefa671/
Zefah671/
Schefeas670/
Seafaith670/
Schaefay670/

Sefa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sefa in the Hindi language
सेफाsepha96.77
सेफा़sepha1.61
सेफ़sefa1.61
Sefa in the Bengali language
সেফাsepha87.5
শেফাsepha12.5
Sefa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺻﻔﺎsfa50
ﺳﻴﻔﺎsyfa50
Sefa in the Russian language
Сефаsefa-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sefa
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