Tesefa Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Tesefa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
Tesefa (2,890) may also be a first name.
Tesefa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tesefa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tesefa occurs most in Ethiopia. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tesefa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tesefa is the 3,798,600th most frequently used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tesefa live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 135,183rd most widely held first name internationally, borne by 2,890 people.
The last name Tesefa is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 3,901,850. Not including Ethiopia it exists in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tesefay | 92 | 10 | / |
| Tessefay | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tesifa | 83 | 1,932 | / |
| Tosefa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tesefe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tesafa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Toseafa | 77 | 365 | / |
| Teseefy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tesafay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Toseefa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tashefah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tisafa | 67 | 28 | / |
| Tasifa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Tasafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tesofo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tessofo | 62 | 11 | / |
| Tisafai | 62 | 7 | / |
| Tosifah | 62 | 5 | / |
| Toshifa | 62 | 2 | / |
| Tiszafa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tashifa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Taisifa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tetsifo | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tissafa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tashifah | 57 | 26 | / |
| Taesopha | 57 | 7 | / |
| Tessifei | 57 | 1 | / |
| Tahasifa | 57 | 1 | / |
| Tishefer | 57 | 0 | / |
| Tizifa | 50 | 473 | / |
| Tizofa | 50 | 7 | / |
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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 Tesefa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis