Šef Surname
Approximately 167 people bear this surname
Šef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 150 | 1:16,584 | 3,867 |
| Croatia | 16 | 1:264,288 | 27,725 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
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 last name Šef is most common in Slovenia. It can be found in the variant forms: Sef, Şef or Šéf. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Šef? popularity and diffusion
The surname Šef is the 1,338,236th most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. The surname Šef is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Šef reside; 99 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
This surname is most frequently used in Slovenia, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 16,584. In Slovenia Šef is most prevalent in: Drava, where 64 percent reside, Central Slovenia, where 25 percent reside and Savinja, where 9 percent reside. Besides Slovenia Šef is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 10 percent reside and Lithuania, where 1 percent reside.
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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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