Zefania Surname

306,186th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,235 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Malawi

Zefania Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zefania Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania6741:78,5488,091
Malawi3921:43,6716,239
Indonesia941:1,406,90696,143
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Uganda81:4,879,910106,546
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224

Zefania (2,782) may also be a first name.

Zefania Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Zefania Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Zefania occurs most in Tanzania. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zefania? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 306,186th most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 5,900,847 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Zefania reside; 55 percent reside in East Africa and 55 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Zefania is also the 138,374th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 2,782 people.

Zefania is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 674 people, or 1 in 78,548. In Tanzania it is most common in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 18 percent live, Singida Region, where 17 percent live and Tanga Region, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania it is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 32 percent live and Indonesia, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zefanias9312,988/
Zefannia9361/
Zeffania932/
Zefaniha931/
Zesfania931/
Sefania861,123/
Zefanya86306/
Zefenia86243/
Zafania8689/
Zefanja8659/
Zofania868/
Jefania862/
Zifania861/
Cefania861/
Zephania8020,747/
Sefaniah806/
Zafaniah805/
Sefatnia803/
Tzefanya801/
Zifanias801/
Zephaniah751,722/
Zephanias75481/
Zephaniha753/
Zephaniaz751/
Sofania71186/
Safania7173/
Sefanya717/
Zephaeniah714/
Jefanio712/
Sefonia711/
Zafenia711/
Sefanio711/
Sephania671,789/
Zaphania67712/
Safhania67212/
Zephenia6736/
Soffania6718/
Sefonias679/
Sofaniah674/
Safaynia673/
Zaphenia672/
Safainia672/
Safaniah671/
Zephonia671/
Jefonias671/

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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
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  • 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 Zefania
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