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
The surname Sefiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻔﻴﻪ, Hindi: सेफिया, Marathi: सेफीया) is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sefiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Sefiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 135,867th most commonly used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 2,204,339 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sefiya live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Sefiya is also the 59,142nd most widespread first name throughout the world. It is borne by 10,544 people.
It is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 3,220 people, or 1 in 30,294. Beside Ethiopia Sefiya occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.
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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