Sephoana Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Sephoana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sephoana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Sephoana Last Name Facts

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

Sephoana is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sephoana? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 11,742,229th most frequent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sephoana live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Sephoana is most widespread in Lesotho, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 2,032,558. In Lesotho it is most common in: Butha-Buthe District, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Lesotho this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 50 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sephooana9445/
Sepoana931/
Sepooana883/
Sepoane8051/
Sheepoaina781/
Sepahoni7516/
Sepooane755/
Sepuoane751/
Sapuoana751/
Sefoane671/
Sapaona671/
Sefouane631,135/
Sefouani631/
Sapaonah631/
Shipauana592/
Seffouane591/
Chaipojjana534/
Sifouane50334/
Sipaaena501/
Sifouani501/

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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 Sephoana
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