Sekefa Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

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

Sekefa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sekefa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094

Sekefa Last Name Facts

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

Sekefa is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sekefa.

How Common Is The Last Name Sekefa? popularity and diffusion

Sekefa is the 4,427,875th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sekefa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 2,708,885. In South Africa Sekefa is primarily found in: Limpopo, where 90 percent are found and Gauteng, where 10 percent are found.

Sekefa Last Name Statistics demography

Sekefa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 81.45% less than the national average, earning R 44,088 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shekefa921/
Sekifa8311/
Sikefa832/
Sekafa831/
Sekefe831/
Sekhofa7774/
Sekefou7742/
Sekeffe771/
Shekefi771/
Sokeufa770/
Sekeufou711/
Shakeefa711/
Shekifea711/
Sekafo6712/
Sokofa6711/
Sokifa679/
Sikifa674/
Sakifa674/
Sakafa673/
Sikofa672/
Sekofo671/
Sekife671/

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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 Sekefa
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