Sefera Surname
Approximately 1,976 people bear this surname
Sefera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,932 | 1:50,490 | 5,344 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sefera (9,049) may also be a first name.
Sefera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sefera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sefera (Marathi: सेफेरा) is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sefera click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sefera? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 209,192nd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 3,688,029 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sefera are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 65,457th most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 9,049 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,932 people, or 1 in 50,490. Apart from Ethiopia this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 1 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sefera Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sefera in the Marathi language | ||
| सेफेरा | sephera | - |
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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 Sefera
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