Sefiya Surname
Approximately 3,306 people bear this surname
Sefiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 3,220 | 1:30,294 | 3,612 |
| Nigeria | 75 | 1:2,361,903 | 79,171 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Sefiya (10,544) may also be a first name.
Sefiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sefiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sefiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻔﻴﻪ, Hindi: सेफिया, Marathi: सेफीया) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sefiya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 135,867th most widespread last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 2,204,339 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sefiya are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 59,142nd most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 10,544 people.
The last name is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 3,220 people, or 1 in 30,294. Aside from Ethiopia Sefiya occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sefiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sefiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻔﻴﻪ | sfyh | - |
| Sefiya in the Marathi language | ||
| सेफीया | sephiya | 93.75 |
| सेलीया | seliya | 6.25 |
| Sefiya in the Hindi language | ||
| सेफिया | sephiya | 93.33 |
| सेफीया | sephiya | 3.33 |
| सॅफिया | sephiya | 3.33 |
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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 Sefiya
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