Sephela Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Sephela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Sephela (21) may also be a first name.
Sephela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sephela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sephela occurs more in Botswana more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sephela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sephela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sephela is the 2,746,821st most frequently held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sephela live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sephela is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring forename world-wide, borne by 21 people.
This surname is most numerous in Botswana, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 49,703. Excluding Botswana Sephela occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 8 percent live and Lesotho, where 2 percent live.
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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 Sephela
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