Seffen Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Seffen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Ireland | 64 | 1:28,829 | 3,065 |
| Germany | 33 | 1:2,439,559 | 124,421 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
Seffen (23) may also be a first name.
Seffen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seffen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Seffen is more commonly found in Northern Ireland than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Seffen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seffen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Seffen is the 1,518,885th most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Seffen reside; 54 percent reside in Northern Europe and 54 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 2,239,265th most widely held forename at a global level, held by 23 people.
This last name is most widespread in Northern Ireland, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 28,829. In Northern Ireland Seffen is most prevalent in: Ulster, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Northern Ireland Seffen occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 24 percent reside and Egypt, where 7 percent reside.
Seffen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Seffen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Seffen surname contracted 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Seffen
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