Sefu Surname
Approximately 30,132 people bear this surname
Sefu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 13,887 | 1:5,320 | 615 |
| Tanzania | 12,199 | 1:4,340 | 598 |
| Ethiopia | 1,610 | 1:60,588 | 6,165 |
| Malawi | 993 | 1:17,240 | 2,710 |
| Zambia | 559 | 1:28,354 | 2,951 |
| Kenya | 366 | 1:126,175 | 10,454 |
| Somalia | 196 | 1:68,633 | 2,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 80 | 1:192,978 | 22,657 |
| Nigeria | 64 | 1:2,767,856 | 88,308 |
| Uganda | 51 | 1:765,476 | 37,015 |
| South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Burundi | 9 | 1:1,089,428 | 846 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Romania | 7 | 1:2,868,267 | 56,178 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Sefu (13,180) may also be a first name.
Sefu Demographics
Sefu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sefu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sefu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sefu (Bengali: সেফু, Hindi: सेफू) is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sefu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 18,307th most common surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 241,854 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sefu are found; 48 percent are found in East Africa and 46 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 50,788th most frequently used forename globally It is held by 13,180 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 13,887 people, or 1 in 5,320. Apart from The DR Congo this surname exists in 38 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 40 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 5 percent reside.
Sefu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (57%) in Kenya.
The amount Sefu earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 50.74% less than the national average, earning R 117,072 per year and in United States they earn 38.82% less than the national average, earning $26,400 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sefu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sefu in the Hindi language | ||
| सेफू | sephu | 87.5 |
| सेफु | sephu | 12.5 |
| Sefu in the Bengali language | ||
| সেফু | sephu | 66.67 |
| শেপু | sepu | 33.33 |
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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 Sefu
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