Sefah Surname
Approximately 5,856 people bear this surname
Sefah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 5,334 | 1:5,066 | 717 |
| Algeria | 393 | 1:98,299 | 14,709 |
| United States | 75 | 1:4,832,786 | 249,377 |
| Mauritania | 24 | 1:170,619 | 9,051 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Sefah (556) may also be a first name.
Sefah Demographics
Sefah Political Affiliation
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Sefah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sefah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sefah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﻔﺎﺡ) is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sefah.
How Common Is The Last Name Sefah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 82,715th most common family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,244,458 people. Sefah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sefah reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sefah is also the 356,749th most common first name world-wide It is held by 556 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is held by 5,334 people, or 1 in 5,066. Not including Ghana this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Sefah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sefah last name are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80% registered with the party.
Sefah earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.97% less than the national average, earning $34,533 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sefah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sefah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺴﻔﺎﺡ | alsfah | - |
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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 Sefah
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