Şefik Forename

44,237th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 16,100 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Şefik Forename User-submission:

The name Şefika (Şefike, Şefik) means 'affectionate', 'compassionate', 'pitying', 'merciful' in Arabic.

Şefik Forename Distribution

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey
100%
15,9601:4,875774
Northern Cyprus
100%
1351:2,357511
Kosovo-41:465,36011,976
United States-11:362,536,9771,167,197

The alternate forms: Šefik (4,553), Sefik (991) & Séfik (1) are calculated separately.

Şefik (832) may also be a surname.

Şefik Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The name Şefika (Şefike, Şefik) means 'affectionate', 'compassionate', 'pitying', 'merciful' in Arabic.

- demir
DNA test information

Şefik Forename Popularity

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
ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šefik934,553/
Sefik93991/
Şefika9144,969/
Şefike911,843/
Séfik871/
Şefiyka836/
Şefki80240/
Şevik8083/
Şafik8053/
Şefka8010/
Zefik805/
Şofik802/
Şfk751/
Šefika735,401/
Sefika73798/
Şafika73106/
Şevika7391/
Sefike7350/
Saefik7345/
Šefike737/
Sefiki736/
Sefiko733/
Sefick732/
Seyfik732/
Sefikk731/
Šeufik731/
Cefika731/
Šefaik731/
Şefiqe731/
Zeyfik731/
Şifika731/
Şefaka731/
Zefike731/
Seffik731/
Sefikh731/
Şefkiye67178/
Sfik6727/
Sefk672/
Sheufik671/
Sefikie671/
Zfik671/
Şefkiya671/
Ziefike671/
Sefiyak671/
Seefika671/
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Footnotes

  • First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
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  • 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 Şefik