Sefolo Surname
Approximately 1,299 people bear this surname
Sefolo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,237 | 1:43,798 | 5,585 |
| Lesotho | 43 | 1:47,269 | 7,569 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sefolo (128) may also be a first name.
Sefolo Demographics
Average Sefolo Salary in
South Africa
R 203,280
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sefolo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sefolo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sefolo occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sefolo? popularity and diffusion
Sefolo is the 293,918th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 5,610,120 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sefolo live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 821,896th most commonly occurring given name globally, borne by 128 people.
The surname Sefolo is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,237 people, or 1 in 43,798. In South Africa Sefolo is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 63 percent live, North West, where 17 percent live and Limpopo, where 14 percent live. Other than South Africa this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 3 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
Sefolo Last Name Statistics demography
Sefolo earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 14.46% less than the national average, earning R 203,280 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sefotlo | 92 | 23 | / |
| Seffolo | 92 | 4 | / |
| Sefohlo | 92 | 2 | / |
| Sefolos | 92 | 1 | / |
| Sefotlho | 86 | 100 | / |
| Sefothlo | 86 | 30 | / |
| Seifoloi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sifolo | 83 | 799 | / |
| Sofolo | 83 | 95 | / |
| Sefola | 83 | 31 | / |
| Safolo | 83 | 24 | / |
| Sefulo | 83 | 23 | / |
| Cefolo | 83 | 20 | / |
| Sefalo | 83 | 11 | / |
| Zefolo | 83 | 4 | / |
| Sefelo | 83 | 3 | / |
| Sofohlo | 77 | 50 | / |
| Sefuloh | 77 | 14 | / |
| Suifolo | 77 | 11 | / |
| Sefoula | 77 | 6 | / |
| Sefahlo | 77 | 5 | / |
| Sifohlo | 77 | 3 | / |
| Sefallo | 77 | 3 | / |
| Safolio | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sepholo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Saifolo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Seefelo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sefoila | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sayfolo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Safoloo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shofolo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shefola | 77 | 1 | / |
| Seffalo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saifoloi | 71 | 140 | / |
| Sefulloh | 71 | 63 | / |
| Seifolla | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sefahlou | 71 | 4 | / |
| Seyfullo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seffoula | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seyfolah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schofolo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sefala | 67 | 1,635 | / |
| Seifollah | 67 | 1,563 | / |
| Cefalo | 67 | 1,505 | / |
| Sofola | 67 | 888 | / |
| Cefola | 67 | 527 | / |
| Seffahlou | 67 | 306 | / |
| Seyfollah | 67 | 140 | / |
| Sefula | 67 | 91 | / |
| Zefola | 67 | 75 | / |
| Sifola | 67 | 49 | / |
| Safalo | 67 | 40 | / |
| Sefela | 67 | 31 | / |
| Sofalo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Saifolloh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sifalo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Safola | 67 | 2 | / |
| Safelo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sifulo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zofolo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sofelo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seiphotlo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gefalo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sefolo
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis