Sefalane Surname

537,454th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 599 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Sefalane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sefalane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4151:130,54915,274
Lesotho1831:11,1072,502
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sefalane (22) may also be a first name.

Sefalane Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sefalane is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sefalane? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 537,454th most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 12,166,187 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sefalane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 22 people.

Sefalane is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 415 people, or 1 in 130,549. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 67 percent reside, Gauteng, where 13 percent reside and Free State, where 10 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 31 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Sefalane Last Name Statistics demography

Sefalane earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.62% less than the national average, earning R 162,492 per year.

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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 Sefalane
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