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 last name Sefau occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. 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 frequently held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Sefau reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 35 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sefau is also the 784,558th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 139 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 50 percent reside, Ekiti, where 17 percent reside and Osun, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Sefau exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 29 percent reside and The United States, where 12 percent reside.
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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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