Sefela Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Sefela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sefela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
Botswana41:546,73222,624
England11:55,718,059489,080
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Sefela (75) may also be a first name.

Sefela Last Name Facts

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

Sefela occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sefela? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sefela is the 3,543,123rd most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Sefela reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,116,575th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 75 people.

The last name is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 2,167,108. In South Africa Sefela is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 56 percent live, Gauteng, where 16 percent live and Limpopo, where 12 percent live. Aside from South Africa Sefela is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 13 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.

Sefela Last Name Statistics demography

Sefela earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 3.76% less than the national average, earning R 228,696 per year.

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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
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  • 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 Sefela
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