Şefika Forename

20,203rd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 44,969 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Şefika Forename User-submission:

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

Şefika Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey
100%
44,8081:1,736392
Northern Cyprus
100%
1561:2,039450
Kosovo-21:930,72016,593
Cambodia-11:16,273,33074,610
Georgia-11:3,738,46629,095
United States-11:362,536,9771,167,197

The alternate forms: Šefika (5,401), Sefika (798) & Séfika (1) are calculated separately.

Şefika Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

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

- demir

Şefika Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šefika945,401/
Sefika94798/
Şefiyka926/
Şefik9116,100/
Şefka9110/
Séfika891/
Şefike831,843/
Şafika83106/
Şevika8391/
Şifika831/
Şefaka831/
Cefika831/
Seefika771/
Şefkiya771/
Šefik734,553/
Sefik73991/
Šefka73459/
Şefki73240/
Sefka7393/
Şevka7393/
Şevik7383/
Şafik7353/
Zefik735/
Zefka734/
Sfika733/
Şofik732/
Şivka731/
Cefka731/
Syeafika711/
Safika673,900/
Sofika671,261/
Sevika67924/
Sufika67193/
Şafiqa67155/
Sifika67149/
Zafika67116/
Sefuka67106/
Sefoka6789/
Sefiga6776/
Sefike6750/
Saefik6745/
Šefkia6725/
Šefike677/
Zufika677/
Sefica676/
Sefiki676/
Zofika675/
Šefica675/
Zevika674/
Sefiko673/
Seyfik672/
Seffka672/
Sefiqa672/
Zefica672/
Sfeika672/
Sefick672/
Sefeka672/
Zefike671/
Žofika671/
Şfk671/
Zeyfik671/
Sefaka671/
Šeufik671/
Šifika671/
Şefiqe671/
Šafika671/
Šefaik671/
Seffik671/
Sefkia671/
Sefkay671/
Sefikk671/
Sefikh671/
Cefuka671/

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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
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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 Şefika