Sefki Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Austria

Sefki Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sefki Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Šefki (28) & Şefki (1) are calculated separately.

Sefki (116) may also be a first name.

Sefki Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sefki Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sefki is held by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Šefki or Şefki. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sefki? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,063,924th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Sefki live; 40 percent live in Western Europe and 40 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 868,627th most frequently used forename in the world, held by 116 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 25,940,474. In Turkey it is most common in: Erzurum Province, where 100 percent are found. Barring Turkey this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šefki9328/
Şefki931/
Shefki91107/
Siefki911/
Schefki831/
Zefki8060/
Sevki8035/
Sefke8019/
Safki8013/
Sefka804/
Sewki804/
Sofki801/
Scheffki7739/
Schefkie770/
Siefke731,056/
Shefka73184/
Szefka73125/
Shevki73105/
Szefke7374/
Saefke7366/
Shefke7340/
Siefka7329/
Seifke7328/
Sefker7319/
Shafki7312/
Shefky7312/
Zefkis736/
Jefkai734/
Shewki734/
Zefkiç734/
Soefky734/
Chefki732/
Šefkii732/
Djefki732/
Sebhki731/
Sebkki731/
Sebkai731/
Sefcke731/
Seefke731/
Seefka731/
Soefke730/
Scefky730/
Schefke67265/
Szewkis6721/
Soeffky6721/
Seifker6713/
Seffker6712/
Shebkoi674/
Shefker673/
Sebkhai672/
Schifki672/
Schefky672/
Zefkich671/
Sevkkai671/
Shevkis671/
Siewkai671/
Shefcky671/
Szefker671/
Shifkai671/
Seifkes670/
Soeffke670/
Schebki670/
Shefkey670/

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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 Sefki
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