Sefini Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Sefini Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 49 | 1:3,615,158 | 105,602 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Sefini (17) may also be a first name.
Sefini Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sefini Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sefini is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sefini? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,555,468th most common family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Sefini live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held first name globally, held by 17 people.
The surname Sefini is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 3,615,158. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ondo, where 88 percent reside, Ogun, where 6 percent reside and Oyo, where 6 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 12 percent reside and Kuwait, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shefini | 92 | 17 | / |
| Seffini | 92 | 6 | / |
| Schefini | 86 | 5 | / |
| Seffaini | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sefine | 83 | 13 | / |
| Sefeni | 83 | 2 | / |
| Sifini | 83 | 1 | / |
| Scheffini | 80 | 10 | / |
| Sepfine | 77 | 137 | / |
| Shefeni | 77 | 100 | / |
| Sefione | 77 | 12 | / |
| Sefineh | 77 | 10 | / |
| Sefiner | 77 | 7 | / |
| Sifioni | 77 | 6 | / |
| Sefaine | 77 | 3 | / |
| Seffine | 77 | 2 | / |
| Shefine | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sefinge | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sifinit | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sefiene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sifaini | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sefinesh | 71 | 1,449 | / |
| Schifini | 71 | 365 | / |
| Soifoini | 71 | 121 | / |
| Soifeini | 71 | 11 | / |
| Siffioni | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chefinij | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seifiner | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schiffini | 67 | 196 | / |
| Sifeni | 67 | 111 | / |
| Zefeni | 67 | 15 | / |
| Sefena | 67 | 14 | / |
| Zefine | 67 | 9 | / |
| Sefene | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sifine | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Sefini
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