Sayefa Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Sayefa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Sayefa (66) may also be a first name.
Sayefa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sayefa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sayefa is most common in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sayefa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,908,606th most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Sayefa reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sayefa is also the 1,201,840th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 66 people.
The last name Sayefa is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is most common in: Bayelsa, where 93 percent reside and Rivers, where 7 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 6 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 Sayefa
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