Sefefe Surname

917,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 289 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sefefe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sefefe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2351:230,54323,873
Ethiopia491:1,990,7408,024
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Sefefe (948) may also be a first name.

Sefefe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sefefe is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sefefe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sefefe is the 917,199th most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 25,216,422 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sefefe are found; 83 percent are found in Southern Africa and 81 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sefefe is also the 262,398th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 948 people.

Sefefe is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 230,543. In South Africa Sefefe is most numerous in: Limpopo, where 70 percent are found, Gauteng, where 29 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 1 percent are found. Beside South Africa this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 17 percent are found and Angola, where 1 percent are found.

Sefefe Last Name Statistics demography

Sefefe earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 29.3% less than the national average, earning R 168,000 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seffefe926/
Sefefie921/
Sefef911/
Sefeefes861/
Sefefech861/
Sefafe83360/
Sifefe831/
Sefofe831/
Sefefi831/
Seyfeev776/
Seifeev774/
Shefeef771/
Seifefa771/
Seffief771/
Sefew7316/
Sefiev6750/
Sefiew679/
Sefofi679/
Sefafi672/
Shefew672/
Sefifi671/
Chefef671/
Zafefe671/
Sefeva671/
Schefifer670/

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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 Sefefe
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