Sefora Surname
Approximately 872 people bear this surname
Sefora Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 825 | 1:65,670 | 8,247 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
The alternate forms: Séfora (1) are calculated separately.
Sefora (6,741) may also be a first name.
Sefora Demographics
Average Sefora Salary in
South Africa
R 177,192
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sefora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sefora Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sefora (Russian: Сефора) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Séfora. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sefora? popularity and diffusion
Sefora is the 402,505th most frequent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 8,357,277 people. The surname Sefora occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sefora reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 79,524th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 6,741 people.
The last name Sefora is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 825 people, or 1 in 65,670. In South Africa Sefora is most frequent in: North West, where 56 percent reside, Gauteng, where 32 percent reside and Limpopo, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa Sefora occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.
Sefora Last Name Statistics demography
Sefora earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 25.44% less than the national average, earning R 177,192 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sefora Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sefora in the Russian language | ||
| Сефора | sefora | - |
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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 Sefora
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