Sefali Surname
Approximately 4,985 people bear this surname
Sefali Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 2,147 | 1:947 | 60 |
| South Africa | 1,651 | 1:32,815 | 4,208 |
| Bangladesh | 901 | 1:176,867 | 6,245 |
| Turkey | 193 | 1:403,220 | 24,452 |
| India | 83 | 1:9,241,752 | 184,052 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sefali (53,497) may also be a first name.
Sefali Demographics
Average Sefali Salary in
South Africa
R 115,896
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sefali Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sefali Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sefali (Bengali: শেফালী, Hindi: सेफाली, Marathi: सेफाली, Oriya: େସଫାଳି) is borne by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sefali? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 95,453rd most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,461,895 people. Sefali is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Sefali live; 76 percent live in Southern Africa and 76 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 17,467th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 53,497 people.
The surname is most numerous in Lesotho, where it is borne by 2,147 people, or 1 in 947. In Lesotho it is primarily concentrated in: Maseru District, where 35 percent reside, Mafeteng District, where 25 percent reside and Qacha's Nek District, where 11 percent reside. Other than Lesotho this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 33 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 18 percent reside.
Sefali Last Name Statistics demography
Sefali earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.23% less than the national average, earning R 115,896 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sefali Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sefali in the Hindi language | ||
| सेफाली | sephali | 98.87 |
| शौफाली | sauphali | 0.28 |
| शेफाली | sephali | 0.28 |
| सैफाली | saiphali | 0.28 |
| सीफाली | siphali | 0.28 |
| Sefali in the Bengali language | ||
| শেফালী | sephali | 70.4 |
| সেফালী | sephali | 24.31 |
| শেফালি | sephali | 2.33 |
| সেফালি | sephali | 2.33 |
| শিপালী | sipali | 0.21 |
| সেফলি | sephali | 0.21 |
| Sefali in the Marathi language | ||
| सेफाली | sephali | 65 |
| सेफली | sephali | 15 |
| शेफाली | sephali | 15 |
| सेफाळी | sephali | 5 |
| Sefali in the Oriya language | ||
| େସଫାଳି | esaphali | 30.34 |
| େସଫାଳୀ | esaphali | 28.09 |
| େଶଫାଳି | esaphali | 11.8 |
| େସଫାଲି | esaphali | 11.8 |
| େଶଫାଳୀ | esaphali | 7.87 |
| େସଫାଲୀ | esaphali | 5.62 |
| େସଫଲୀ | esaphali | 0.56 |
| େତାଲିୟା | etaliya | 0.56 |
| େସଫାଳ | esaphala | 0.56 |
| େଶଫାଲୀ | esaphali | 0.56 |
| େସଫଳି | esaphali | 0.56 |
| େଶଫାଲି | esaphali | 0.56 |
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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
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- 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 Sefali
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