Sephatia Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Sephatia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Sephatia (17) may also be a first name.
Sephatia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sephatia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sephatia is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sephatia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,063,924th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sephatia live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 17 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania Sephatia is primarily concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 44 percent reside, Rukwa Region, where 44 percent reside and Njombe Region, where 11 percent reside. Besides Tanzania Sephatia is found in one country. It is also common in Botswana, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shephatia | 94 | 4 | / |
| Shephatiah | 89 | 3 | / |
| Zephatia | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sepetia | 80 | 27 | / |
| Sefatia | 80 | 4 | / |
| Shefatia | 75 | 6 | / |
| Sepathea | 75 | 1 | / |
| Djephatya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zapatia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seiphetiho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Safatia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sofatia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sapotia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jipatija | 63 | 1 | / |
| Siphatyot | 59 | 1 | / |
| Sifatya | 53 | 12 | / |
| Sepetya | 53 | 2 | / |
| Chipatya | 50 | 171 | / |
| Shepetya | 50 | 17 | / |
| Shepetja | 50 | 7 | / |
| Sefatjoo | 50 | 2 | / |
| Sepeitya | 50 | 1 | / |
| Chifatya | 50 | 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
- 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 Sephatia
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