Šef Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Šef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Šef Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia1501:16,5843,867
Croatia161:264,28827,725
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401

The alternate forms: Sef (3,000), Şef (115) & Šéf (1) are calculated separately.

Šef Last Name Facts

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

The surname Šef occurs most in Slovenia. It can occur as: Sef, Şef or Šéf. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Šef? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,338,236th most commonly held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šef live; 99 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

Šef is most frequently occurring in Slovenia, where it is borne by 150 people, or 1 in 16,584. In Slovenia Šef is most frequent in: Drava, where 64 percent are found, Central Slovenia, where 25 percent are found and Savinja, where 9 percent are found. Beside Slovenia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 10 percent are found and Lithuania, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sef893,000/
Şef89115/
Šéf891/
Šeff861/
Zef6786/
Šeb6786/
Šíf6761/
Xef678/
Šif676/
Cef674/
Šev672/
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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 Šef
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