Selefu Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Selefu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selefu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Lesotho61:338,76016,589
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Selefu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Selefu occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Selefu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,772,636th most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Selefu reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 6,019,745. In South Africa Selefu is mostly found in: Free State, where 44 percent are found, Gauteng, where 44 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 11 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 35 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found.

Selefu Last Name Statistics demography

Selefu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 83.47% less than the national average, earning R 39,276 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sehlefu921/
Salefu83466/
Selifu832/
Shilefu7715/
Selifou7711/
Solefui772/
Selafou771/
Shalefu771/
Sallefou711/
Schelefhout711/
Selephus711/
Schilefu711/
Salifu6771,792/
Salafu67101/
Salofu6717/
Silafu6712/
Solifu673/
Gilefu671/
Gelifu671/
Jelifu671/

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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 Selefu
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