Sephu Surname
Approximately 579 people bear this surname
Sephu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 383 | 1:138,229 | 12,761 |
| Thailand | 181 | 1:390,267 | 68,497 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
Sephu (378) may also be a first name.
Sephu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sephu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sephu (Hindi: सेफू, Tibetan: སེ་ཕུག།) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sephu? popularity and diffusion
Sephu is the 551,387th most widespread family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 12,586,435 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 66 percent of Sephu are found; 66 percent are found in East Africa and 66 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Sephu is also the 446,161st most frequent forename at a global level, borne by 378 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 383 people, or 1 in 138,229. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Tanga Region, where 55 percent live, Mtwara Region, where 25 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 14 percent live. Barring Tanzania Sephu occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 31 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sephu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sephu in the Tibetan language | ||
| སེ་ཕུག། | sépuk | - |
| Sephu in the Hindi language | ||
| सेफू | sephu | 63.64 |
| सेफु | sephu | 31.82 |
| संेफु | samephu | 4.55 |
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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 Sephu
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