Sefafe Surname

785,023rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 360 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sefafe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sefafe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3491:155,23717,537
Lesotho101:203,25614,332
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sefafe (18) may also be a first name.

Sefafe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sefafe occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sefafe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 785,023rd most commonly held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 20,243,183 people. The last name Sefafe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sefafe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sefafe is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 18 people.

The last name Sefafe is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 349 people, or 1 in 155,237. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Free State, where 64 percent are found, Gauteng, where 19 percent are found and Western Cape, where 6 percent are found. Not including South Africa it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Sefafe Last Name Statistics demography

Sefafe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.57% less than the national average, earning R 115,080 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Shefaf8310/
Safafe833/
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Sefafa831/
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Safafeh7739/
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Sefefie771/
Sheffaf771/
Sefafii771/
Sifaf7330/
Sefaw7321/
Zefaf733/
Sefof731/
Şefaf731/
Sefafich711/
Sefova6723/
Shefaw6715/
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Sefofi679/
Safafi675/
Shifaf672/
Sefouf671/
Zefafi671/
Sifefe671/
Seefaw671/
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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 Sefafe
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