Sefaya Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Sefaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Lesotho | 5 | 1:406,512 | 17,363 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
Sefaya (100) may also be a first name.
Sefaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sefaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sefaya occurs more in Botswana more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sefaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,543,123rd most frequent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sefaya are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sefaya is also the 946,056th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 100 people.
The last name Sefaya is most commonly used in Botswana, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 99,406. Excluding Botswana this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 16 percent live and South Africa, where 13 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 Sefaya
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