Sefumba Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sefumba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sefumba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1391:389,76834,651
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Lesotho31:677,51919,546
England11:55,718,059489,080
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Sefumba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sefumba occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sefumba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,447,279th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sefumba are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 139 people, or 1 in 389,768. In South Africa Sefumba is primarily found in: Free State, where 63 percent are found, Limpopo, where 22 percent are found and Gauteng, where 15 percent are found. Beside South Africa Sefumba occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found and Lesotho, where 2 percent are found.

Sefumba Last Name Statistics demography

Sefumba earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.33% less than the national average, earning R 127,548 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sifumba861,406/
Gefumba8675/
Sefomba8647/
Safumba861/
Safuemba804/
Shafumba803/
Shifumba801/
Ssefumbe801/
Sifumbe7112/
Sefunwa711/
Sifumbo711/
Chifumba67165/
Shifumbe671/
Shifumbi671/
Shafeumbo631/
Chipfumba631/
Sifombe5710/
Sifombo575/
Chifumbi531,024/
Chifumbe53915/
Chifumbo5365/
Sayfunuha505/
Chipfumbo501/
Chipfumbi501/
Chipfumbe501/

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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 Sefumba
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