Seferis Surname
Approximately 198 people bear this surname
Seferis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 141 | 1:78,580 | 13,253 |
| Romania | 29 | 1:692,340 | 47,921 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
The alternate forms: Šeferis (2) & Séféris (1) are calculated separately.
Seferis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seferis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Seferis (Russian: Сеферис) is held by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Šeferis or Séféris. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Seferis? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,194,481st most frequent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Seferis are found; 73 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 72 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.
The surname Seferis is most frequently held in Greece, where it is carried by 141 people, or 1 in 78,580. In Greece Seferis is most frequent in: Attica, where 58 percent live, Central Greece, where 40 percent live and Peloponnese, where 1 percent live. Aside from Greece this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seferis Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seferis in the Russian language | ||
| Сеферис | seferis | - |
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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 Seferis
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