Şefi Surname

716,247th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 408 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Şefi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Şefi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey4071:191,20714,232
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Sefi (4,143) are calculated separately.

Şefi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Şefi occurs more in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Sefi. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Şefi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 716,247th most prevalent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,861,632 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Şefi live; 89 percent live in West Asia and 89 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is held by 407 people, or 1 in 191,207. In Turkey Şefi is mostly found in: Gaziantep Province, where 39 percent live, Malatya Province, where 22 percent live and Istanbul Province, where 16 percent live. Apart from Turkey this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sefi924,143/
Şefii8913/
Zefi754,068/
Cefi754/
Seifi6747,172/
Sefid675,001/
Seyfi673,967/
Cefai671,038/
Shefi67915/
Cefis67630/
Sefio67369/
Sefai67193/
Chefi6787/
Sedfi6775/
Zeifi6771/
Sefit6752/
Seffi6748/
Sejfi6742/
Zevfi6742/
Sefis6732/
Szefi6726/
Sefui6723/
Sefii6714/
Sefie6714/
Seefi6712/
Seafi6712/
Sefei679/
Zeyfi678/
Ceffi676/
Siefi675/
Sevfi675/
Zefei674/
Seufi674/
Zeffi673/
Sefoi672/
Zefai672/
Zeefi671/
Zeafi671/
Şefer671/
Sefyi671/
Setfi671/
Sehfi671/
Ceifi671/
Sefhi671/
Sefih671/
Šeifi671/

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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 Şefi
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis