Sefki Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Sefki Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
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 most common in Turkey. It may appear as a variant: Šefki or Şefki. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sefki? popularity and diffusion
Sefki is the 6,063,924th most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Sefki are found; 40 percent are found in Western Europe and 40 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 868,627th most frequent given name at a global level, borne by 116 people.
The last name Sefki is most widely held in Turkey, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 25,940,474. In Turkey Sefki is most numerous in: Erzurum Province, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Turkey this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Šefki | 93 | 28 | / |
| Şefki | 93 | 1 | / |
| Shefki | 91 | 107 | / |
| Siefki | 91 | 1 | / |
| Schefki | 83 | 1 | / |
| Zefki | 80 | 60 | / |
| Sevki | 80 | 35 | / |
| Sefke | 80 | 19 | / |
| Safki | 80 | 13 | / |
| Sefka | 80 | 4 | / |
| Sewki | 80 | 4 | / |
| Sofki | 80 | 1 | / |
| Scheffki | 77 | 39 | / |
| Schefkie | 77 | 0 | / |
| Siefke | 73 | 1,056 | / |
| Shefka | 73 | 184 | / |
| Szefka | 73 | 125 | / |
| Shevki | 73 | 105 | / |
| Szefke | 73 | 74 | / |
| Saefke | 73 | 66 | / |
| Shefke | 73 | 40 | / |
| Siefka | 73 | 29 | / |
| Seifke | 73 | 28 | / |
| Sefker | 73 | 19 | / |
| Shafki | 73 | 12 | / |
| Shefky | 73 | 12 | / |
| Zefkis | 73 | 6 | / |
| Jefkai | 73 | 4 | / |
| Shewki | 73 | 4 | / |
| Zefkiç | 73 | 4 | / |
| Soefky | 73 | 4 | / |
| Chefki | 73 | 2 | / |
| Šefkii | 73 | 2 | / |
| Djefki | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sebhki | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sebkki | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sebkai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sefcke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Seefke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Seefka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Soefke | 73 | 0 | / |
| Scefky | 73 | 0 | / |
| Schefke | 67 | 265 | / |
| Szewkis | 67 | 21 | / |
| Soeffky | 67 | 21 | / |
| Seifker | 67 | 13 | / |
| Seffker | 67 | 12 | / |
| Shebkoi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shefker | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sebkhai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Schifki | 67 | 2 | / |
| Schefky | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zefkich | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sevkkai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shevkis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Siewkai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shefcky | 67 | 1 | / |
| Szefker | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shifkai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seifkes | 67 | 0 | / |
| Soeffke | 67 | 0 | / |
| Schebki | 67 | 0 | / |
| Shefkey | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Sefki
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