Sefau Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Sefau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sefau (139) may also be a first name.
Sefau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sefau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sefau occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sefau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,772,636th most prevalent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. Sefau occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Sefau live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 35 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 784,558th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 139 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 50 percent live, Ekiti, where 17 percent live and Osun, where 17 percent live. Besides Nigeria it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 29 percent live and The United States, where 12 percent live.
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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 Sefau
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