Sefika Surname
Approximately 386 people bear this surname
Sefika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 208 | 1:9,772 | 2,222 |
| South Africa | 163 | 1:332,379 | 31,027 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
The alternate forms: Šefika (3) are calculated separately.
Sefika (798) may also be a first name.
Sefika Demographics
Average Sefika Salary in
South Africa
R 201,312
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sefika Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sefika Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sefika is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Šefika. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sefika? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sefika is the 745,450th most numerous surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 18,879,653 people. The surname Sefika occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Sefika live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sefika is also the 289,761st most common given name in the world, borne by 798 people.
Sefika is most common in Lesotho, where it is carried by 208 people, or 1 in 9,772. In Lesotho it is most prevalent in: Berea District, where 69 percent are found, Maseru District, where 23 percent are found and Mohale's Hoek District, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Lesotho this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 42 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Sefika Last Name Statistics demography
Sefika earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 15.29% less than the national average, earning R 201,312 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Šefika | 94 | 3 | / |
| Shefika | 92 | 181 | / |
| Seafika | 92 | 1 | / |
| Shefikka | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sefuka | 83 | 972 | / |
| Sefike | 83 | 874 | / |
| Sofika | 83 | 573 | / |
| Safika | 83 | 397 | / |
| Sifika | 83 | 71 | / |
| Sefiki | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gefika | 83 | 1 | / |
| Cefika | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sefeka | 83 | 1 | / |
| Seifikhah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sefidkhas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shafika | 77 | 196 | / |
| Shefike | 77 | 40 | / |
| Sofikha | 77 | 36 | / |
| Sephika | 77 | 28 | / |
| Ssefuka | 77 | 21 | / |
| Safikah | 77 | 20 | / |
| Sesfike | 77 | 19 | / |
| Sawfika | 77 | 13 | / |
| Sefecka | 77 | 12 | / |
| Shefiki | 77 | 10 | / |
| Sofikah | 77 | 9 | / |
| Shefuka | 77 | 5 | / |
| Sifaika | 77 | 5 | / |
| Safikha | 77 | 5 | / |
| Shifika | 77 | 4 | / |
| Seffike | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sahfika | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sefoiko | 77 | 1 | / |
| Seifuka | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saffika | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shofika | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shafikah | 71 | 98 | / |
| Shofikah | 71 | 20 | / |
| Shafikha | 71 | 13 | / |
| Shofikha | 71 | 12 | / |
| Shahfika | 71 | 5 | / |
| Shefeeka | 71 | 3 | / |
| Seaficki | 71 | 3 | / |
| Shafieka | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shafiqka | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sahfikah | 71 | 2 | / |
| Seephika | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shafhika | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shafeika | 71 | 1 | / |
| Szaficka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shafikaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shafikea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sofica | 67 | 283 | / |
| Safiko | 67 | 69 | / |
| Sifike | 67 | 57 | / |
| Sefuko | 67 | 51 | / |
| Safuka | 67 | 49 | / |
| Sofiko | 67 | 28 | / |
| Shafikaah | 67 | 17 | / |
| Sifiko | 67 | 10 | / |
| Safiqa | 67 | 10 | / |
| Sifuka | 67 | 6 | / |
| Safeka | 67 | 6 | / |
| Šefike | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sefeke | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sifiki | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cefeka | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sofeka | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zafika | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sifica | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shahfikah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shafiqkah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shafiekah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Safica | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sifjka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sefeko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sefidkish | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cifika | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shafikhah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sifeka | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sefika
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