Sephiwe Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Sephiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sephiwe (769) may also be a first name.
Sephiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sephiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sephiwe occurs in Botswana more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sephiwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Sephiwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sephiwe is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sephiwe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sephiwe is also the 296,002nd most frequent given name on earth, held by 769 people.
This last name is most widely held in Botswana, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 546,732. Outside of Botswana Sephiwe occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 38 percent reside and South Africa, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Sephiwe
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