Sekafi Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Sekafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Sekafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sekafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sekafi is most common in Benin. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sekafi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Sekafi are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 1,722,600. In Benin Sekafi is mostly concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 100 percent are found. Other than Benin this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 11 percent are found and Russia, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sekkafi | 92 | 11 | / |
| Sikafi | 83 | 22 | / |
| Sakafi | 83 | 9 | / |
| Sekafa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sokafi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sakhafi | 77 | 28 | / |
| Sikaffi | 77 | 15 | / |
| Sakkafi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Zekhafi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Shikafi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sekoufi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sekgafe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shekefi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shakafi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shekhhafij | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sekafetz | 71 | 20 | / |
| Chekkafi | 71 | 8 | / |
| Sekhaphi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Shokhafi | 71 | 3 | / |
| Shekhahafij | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shokajfi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saqafi | 67 | 226 | / |
| Sekhaphai | 67 | 9 | / |
| Secafe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Sekhaaphi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zakafi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sokafe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sikafy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sekefe | 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
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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 Sekafi
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