Sefi Surname
Approximately 4,143 people bear this surname
Sefi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 2,441 | 1:37,663 | 3,917 |
| India | 816 | 1:940,031 | 40,359 |
| Iran | 242 | 1:317,283 | 21,995 |
| Indonesia | 240 | 1:551,038 | 44,419 |
| Nigeria | 83 | 1:2,134,250 | 73,634 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Syria | 33 | 1:584,879 | 5,519 |
| Argentina | 32 | 1:1,335,732 | 76,713 |
| Tunisia | 27 | 1:22,616 | 3,533 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Pakistan | 20 | 1:8,932,194 | 45,447 |
| North Macedonia | 18 | 1:116,748 | 9,678 |
| Greece | 18 | 1:615,544 | 71,673 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Kosovo | 6 | 1:310,312 | 8,714 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
The alternate forms: Şefi (408) are calculated separately.
Sefi (5,435) may also be a first name.
Sefi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sefi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sefi (Bengali: সেফি, Hindi: सेफी, Russian: Сьефи) occurs more in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Şefi. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sefi.
How Common Is The Last Name Sefi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sefi is the 111,947th most common family name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,759,002 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 63 percent of Sefi live; 60 percent live in North Africa and 59 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Sefi is also the 91,228th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 5,435 people.
The last name is most widely held in Egypt, where it is borne by 2,441 people, or 1 in 37,663. Beside Egypt this last name is found in 44 countries. It is also found in India, where 20 percent are found and Iran, where 6 percent are found.
Sefi Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sefi has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Sefi surname increased 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sefi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sefi in the Bengali language | ||
| সেফি | sephi | - |
| Sefi in the Hindi language | ||
| सेफी | sephi | 94.84 |
| सैफी | saiphi | 3.59 |
| सॅफी | sephi | 0.67 |
| सेफ़ी | sefi | 0.67 |
| सेफि | sephi | 0.22 |
| Sefi in the Russian language | ||
| Сьефи | sefi | - |
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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
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- 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 Sefi
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