Sefasi Surname

169,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,542 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Sefasi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sefasi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2,5091:6,823984
Zimbabwe281:551,36643,741
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Sefasi (196) may also be a first name.

Sefasi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sefasi occurs most in Malawi. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sefasi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sefasi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 169,720th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,866,855 people. The surname Sefasi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sefasi live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sefasi is also the 648,004th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 196 people.

The surname is most numerous in Malawi, where it is carried by 2,509 people, or 1 in 6,823. Besides Malawi Sefasi is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sefatsi922/
Sofasi83370/
Sefaci8334/
Sefaji8326/
Sefasa835/
Safasi833/
Sefase831/
Sifasi831/
Sefatse7749/
Shafasi7745/
Sefadzi7714/
Safashi779/
Seffaji772/
Sifatsi772/
Sefaisa771/
Sefadji771/
Safasih771/
Sefassa771/
Sephasie71105/
Sefatchi711/
Sheefazi711/
Sefat'se711/
Shafashi711/
Seffassa711/
Safasy6741/
Sefage6730/
Sefese6725/
Sifasa672/
Safazi672/
Sefoji671/
Sifagi671/
Jeffassai671/
Şifasi671/
Sofase671/
Safase671/
Gefase671/

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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 Sefasi
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