Sefaw Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Sefaw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Libya | 16 | 1:390,248 | 1,390 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Sefaw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sefaw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sefaw occurs most in Libya. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sefaw? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,307,654th most frequent last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. Sefaw occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sefaw reside; 95 percent reside in North Africa and 76 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.
The surname Sefaw is most widely held in Libya, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 390,248. Barring Libya this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tunisia, where 19 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sefawe | 91 | 142 | / |
| Shefaw | 91 | 15 | / |
| Seefaw | 91 | 1 | / |
| Shiefaw | 83 | 1 | / |
| Shefawe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Seffhaw | 83 | 0 | / |
| Sefaf | 80 | 366 | / |
| Sifaw | 80 | 283 | / |
| Sefow | 80 | 2 | / |
| Safaw | 80 | 2 | / |
| Seyffawt | 77 | 0 | / |
| Shifaw | 73 | 2,455 | / |
| Sefafe | 73 | 360 | / |
| Seffaf | 73 | 78 | / |
| Sefova | 73 | 23 | / |
| Shefaf | 73 | 10 | / |
| Sefowe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Shafaw | 73 | 5 | / |
| Safawh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shefova | 67 | 190 | / |
| Seyfova | 67 | 10 | / |
| Shifeaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sheffaf | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sefaw
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