Sefole Surname

619,831st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 496 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Sefole Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sefole Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2881:188,11720,469
Lesotho1911:10,6422,411
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
England11:55,718,059489,080
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Sefole (17) may also be a first name.

Sefole Last Name Facts

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

Sefole occurs most in South Africa. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sefole? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sefole is the 619,831st most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 14,692,633 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sefole are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sefole is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 17 people.

The surname Sefole is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 288 people, or 1 in 188,117. In South Africa Sefole is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 62 percent are found, Gauteng, where 28 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa Sefole occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 39 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.

Sefole Last Name Statistics demography

Sefole earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 6.41% less than the national average, earning R 222,408 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sefohle921/
Shefole920/
Sefol911/
Sefale83447/
Sefoli83234/
Sefele83232/
Sefule8335/
Sefola8331/
Cefole8318/
Seyfol831/
Sefoly831/
Sofole831/
Sifole831/
Sewfol830/
Sefollett800/
Sefehle77432/
Sefolli77179/
Sefaley7730/
Seufale7717/
Sefoula776/
Sifhole772/
Sephole771/
Seifoul771/
Seyfoli771/
Shefola771/
Sefelea771/
Sefulhe771/
Sefahle771/
Sefoila771/
Sefouli771/
Sefatle771/
Saffole770/
Seafold770/
Saifole770/
Sefal73203/
Syfol731/
Sifol731/
Schefold71199/
Sephohle7190/
Sheffold7124/
Schefele7122/
Sefatlhe7119/
Seifolla714/
Seyfaleh713/
Seffoula711/
Seifoloi711/
Seuffale711/
Sceffold711/
Sceufele711/
Sheufele711/
Sheifele711/
Sefali674,985/
Seefal673,035/
Sefala671,635/
Scheufele671,388/
Scheifele671,190/
Seffal67871/
Cefola67527/
Sefuli67484/
Sefaly67451/
Seifal67348/
Schiefele67231/
Safale67116/
Sefula6791/
Zefola6775/
Sofele6775/
Sifola6749/
Saifol6738/
Sheiffele6738/
Safele6719/
Sifale6719/
Cefoli6710/
Schefhold679/
Sifele677/
Siefal675/
Shifol674/
Zifole674/
Sofale674/
Shefal673/
Seepholee672/
Seyfolova672/
Shetfhale672/
Jefale671/
Schaefele671/
Schejfele671/
Seifoulay671/
Sifule671/
Sefuly671/
Seafal671/
Schevfele671/
Zefoul671/
Safoly671/
Sehfal671/
Schewfele671/
Scheufale671/
Scheffele671/
Zefale671/
Schoefele670/
Schefuler670/
Sheffuler670/

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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 Sefole
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