Zefenia Surname
Approximately 243 people bear this surname
Zefenia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Zefenia (473) may also be a first name.
Zefenia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zefenia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zefenia is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zefenia? popularity and diffusion
Zefenia is the 1,035,555th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 29,989,901 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zefenia live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 391,396th most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 473 people.
The last name is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Other than Malawi this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zefgenia | 93 | 3 | / |
| Zefania | 86 | 1,235 | / |
| Zafenia | 86 | 1 | / |
| Zefinia | 86 | 1 | / |
| Zefannia | 80 | 61 | / |
| Zephenia | 80 | 36 | / |
| Zeffania | 80 | 2 | / |
| Zefaniha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Zepheniah | 75 | 32 | / |
| Zephienia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sefania | 71 | 1,123 | / |
| Zafania | 71 | 89 | / |
| Zefanja | 71 | 59 | / |
| Sefenya | 71 | 29 | / |
| Safenia | 71 | 11 | / |
| Zofania | 71 | 8 | / |
| Zephaeniah | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sefinia | 71 | 2 | / |
| Zifania | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sefonia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zephania | 67 | 20,747 | / |
| Sefaniah | 67 | 6 | / |
| Seifinia | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sephenia | 67 | 5 | / |
| Zafaniah | 67 | 5 | / |
| Zaphenia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Seveniah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zephonia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jefiniah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tzefanya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zephinia | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Zefenia
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