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
Sephela is found in Botswana more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sephela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,746,821st most common last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sephela reside; 92 percent reside in Southern Africa and 92 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 21 people.
The last name Sephela is most frequently held in Botswana, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 49,703. Beside Botswana Sephela exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found and Lesotho, where 2 percent are found.
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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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