Seftel Surname

1,009,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 252 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Seftel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Seftel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1231:2,946,821172,836
Canada571:646,41452,764
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
Israel141:611,26042,949
Poland131:2,923,750116,258
England61:9,286,343223,652
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Seftel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Seftel occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Seftel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Seftel is the 1,009,375th most common family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 28,918,833 people. The last name Seftel occurs mostly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Seftel are found; 69 percent are found in North America and 69 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 2,946,821. In The United States Seftel is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 31 percent live, California, where 28 percent live and New Jersey, where 14 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 23 percent live and South Africa, where 11 percent live.

Seftel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Seftel last name are 17.6% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 70.83% registered with the party.

The amount Seftel earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 43.92% less than the national average, earning R 133,260 per year; in United States they earn 19.95% more than the national average, earning $51,759 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.6% more than the national average, earning $60,416 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sheftel92437/
Szeftel9266/
Saeftel9256/
Seftell921/
Scheftel8674/
Sheftell8645/
Shefftel860/
Zeftel8315/
Säftel839/
Softel837/
Saftel837/
Seftil833/
Sebtel833/
Jeftel831/
Schieftel801/
Scheftell801/
Cheftel77132/
Shaftel77124/
Gieftel771/
Shiftel770/
Schaftel71142/
Shaftael711/
Shiftell710/
Çiftel67702/
Sawtel676/
Seebtl671/
Ciftel671/
Sawtell622,070/
Shaftil621/
Shavtel621/
Sowtell620/
Shiftlet5714/
Shawtell5713/
Shivtiel5711/
Sawtelll571/
Saiwtell571/
Shiftill570/
Sawtl552/
Zebtl551/
Shiftlett5332/
Shifftlett503/
Sibtil502/

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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 Seftel
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