Sefan Surname
Approximately 442 people bear this surname
Sefan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Benin | 191 | 1:54,113 | 6,772 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sefan (249) may also be a first name.
Sefan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sefan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sefan (Arabic: زيفان, Bengali: সেফন, Hindi: सेफान, Marathi: सेफन, Russian: Сефан) is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sefan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 675,256th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 16,487,660 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Sefan reside; 49 percent reside in North Africa and 48 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 565,047th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 249 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 429,606. Not including Egypt it is found in 17 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 43 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sefan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sefan in the Hindi language | ||
| सेफान | sephana | - |
| Sefan in the Marathi language | ||
| सेफन | sephana | 64 |
| सेफान | sephana | 32 |
| सेिफन | seiphana | 4 |
| Sefan in the Bengali language | ||
| সেফন | sephana | 50 |
| শেফন | sephana | 50 |
| Sefan in the Russian language | ||
| Сефан | sefan | - |
| Sefan in the Arabic language | ||
| زيفان | zyfan | - |
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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 Sefan
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