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
Average Sefah Salary in
United States
$34,533 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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 more commonly found in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sefah.
How Common Is The Last Name Sefah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 82,715th most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,244,458 people. Sefah occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sefah are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sefah is also the 356,749th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 556 people.
The surname Sefah is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is carried by 5,334 people, or 1 in 5,066. Besides Ghana this surname exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Sefah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sefah are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80% being registered to vote for 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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