Sefatsa Surname

118,137th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,893 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Sefatsa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sefatsa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3,5681:15,1841,913
Lesotho3131:6,4941,365
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Sefatsa (225) may also be a first name.

Sefatsa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sefatsa is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sefatsa.

How Common Is The Last Name Sefatsa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sefatsa is the 118,137th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,871,961 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sefatsa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 599,828th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 225 people.

This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 3,568 people, or 1 in 15,184. In South Africa Sefatsa is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 44 percent reside, Free State, where 43 percent reside and North West, where 7 percent reside. Aside from South Africa this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 8 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Sefatsa Last Name Statistics demography

Sefatsa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.12% less than the national average, earning R 137,556 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sefatsaa931/
Seefatsa931/
Sefasa925/
Sefatse8649/
Sefatso869/
Sifatsa867/
Sefatsi862/
Safatsa862/
Sefaisa861/
Gefatsa861/
Sefassa861/
Sofatsha8070/
Sephatsa8022/
Sifatsha802/
Gefatsha801/
Seffassa801/
Sefaisia801/
Sefat'se801/
Sifasa772/
Sefaca771/
Sifatsi712/
Sifatse711/
Suifasia6722/
Shephasa676/
Sefatjoo672/
Shifasha671/
Sefatchi671/

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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 Sefatsa
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