Šefkija Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Šefkija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Macedonia | 7 | 1:300,210 | 16,548 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
The alternate forms: Sefkija (2) are calculated separately.
Šefkija (1,498) may also be a first name.
Šefkija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Šefkija Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Šefkija is borne by more people in North Macedonia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Sefkija. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Šefkija? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Šefkija is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Šefkija reside; 88 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 75 percent reside in Albano-Europe. It is also the 200,904th most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 1,498 people.
The surname Šefkija is most frequently occurring in North Macedonia, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 300,210. In North Macedonia Šefkija is mostly concentrated in: Polog, where 86 percent reside and Southwestern, where 14 percent reside. Barring North Macedonia this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Slovakia, where 13 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 Šefkija
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