Sefala Surname
Approximately 1,635 people bear this surname
Sefala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,619 | 1:33,464 | 4,273 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Sefala (37) may also be a first name.
Sefala Demographics
Average Sefala Salary in
South Africa
R 151,236
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sefala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sefala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sefala (Marathi: सेफाला) is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sefala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sefala is the 243,808th most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,457,215 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sefala live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sefala is also the 1,688,769th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 37 people.
It is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,619 people, or 1 in 33,464. In South Africa Sefala is most prevalent in: Limpopo, where 60 percent are found, Gauteng, where 27 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 6 percent are found. Not including South Africa this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Sefala Last Name Statistics demography
Sefala earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.36% less than the national average, earning R 151,236 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sefala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sefala in the Marathi language | ||
| सेफाला | sephala | - |
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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 Sefala
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