Sefere Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Sefere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 72 | 1:28,473 | 4,366 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Šēfere (1) are calculated separately.
Sefere (96) may also be a first name.
Sefere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sefere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sefere occurs in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Šēfere. Click here for further possible spellings of Sefere.
How Common Is The Last Name Sefere? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sefere is the 1,453,389th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. The surname Sefere is primarily found in Europe, where 53 percent of Sefere reside; 51 percent reside in Northern Europe and 49 percent reside in Baltic Europe. It is also the 968,397th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 96 people.
It is most numerous in Latvia, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 28,473. In Latvia Sefere is most common in: Riga Planning Region, where 83 percent reside, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 11 percent reside and Semigallia, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Latvia this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 33 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Sefere
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