Sefama Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sefama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sefama Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa301:1,805,92385,708
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
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Sefama Demographics

Average Sefama Salary in
South Africa

R 364,224

Per year
Rank:
32,788 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000101735
Rank: 63,176 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
153.27%
Sample size: 7 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

View the highest/lowest earning families in South Africa

Sefama Last Name Facts

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

Sefama has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sefama? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,543,123rd most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. Sefama occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Sefama reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 1,805,923. In South Africa Sefama is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 97 percent live and Western Cape, where 3 percent live. Aside from South Africa it occurs in one country. It is also found in Iran, where 3 percent live.

Sefama Last Name Statistics demography

Sefama earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 53.27% more than the national average, earning R 364,224 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sifama83170/
Sefami8352/
Sefoma8311/
Safama838/
Sefamo832/
Sofama832/
Shifama772/
Safaama771/
Seyfamy770/
Safaumma711/
Sefemo67153/
Safamo6758/
Sefomo6730/
Sefome674/
Schaafama671/
Safema671/
Sifoma671/
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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 Sefama
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