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 is found most in South Africa. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sefela? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,543,123rd most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Sefela are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sefela is also the 1,116,575th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 75 people.

It is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 2,167,108. In South Africa Sefela is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 56 percent live, Gauteng, where 16 percent live and Limpopo, where 12 percent live. Aside from South Africa Sefela exists in 3 countries. It also occurs 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
  • 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 Sefela
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