Sefale Surname
Approximately 447 people bear this surname
Sefale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 368 | 1:5,523 | 1,137 |
| South Africa | 77 | 1:703,607 | 50,359 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Sefale (44) may also be a first name.
Sefale Demographics
Average Sefale Salary in
South Africa
R 105,468
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sefale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sefale Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sefale is found in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sefale? popularity and diffusion
Sefale is the 669,375th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 16,303,235 people. The surname Sefale occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sefale live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most widespread first name at a global level, held by 44 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is borne by 368 people, or 1 in 5,523. In Lesotho it is primarily found in: Butha-Buthe District, where 59 percent are found, Mohale's Hoek District, where 13 percent are found and Maseru District, where 11 percent are found. Barring Lesotho Sefale is found in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Sefale Last Name Statistics demography
Sefale earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.62% less than the national average, earning R 105,468 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 Sefale
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