Ashifa Surname
Approximately 355 people bear this surname
Ashifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 273 | 1:648,875 | 30,450 |
| India | 47 | 1:16,320,540 | 259,912 |
| Maldives | 12 | 1:33,681 | 1,888 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Ashifa (6,146) may also be a first name.
Ashifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ashifa (Hindi: आशिफा, Oriya: ଆସହିଫା) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashifa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 793,288th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 20,528,298 people. The last name Ashifa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Ashifa reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ashifa is also the 84,353rd most frequent first name on earth, held by 6,146 people.
Ashifa is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 273 people, or 1 in 648,875. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Borno, where 37 percent reside, Bauchi, where 19 percent reside and Oyo, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 13 percent reside and The Maldives, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ashifa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ashifa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆସହିଫା | asahipha | - |
| Ashifa in the Hindi language | ||
| आशिफा | asipha | 84.29 |
| आशीफा | asipha | 5.33 |
| अशिफा | asipha | 4.23 |
| अशीफा | asipha | 3.83 |
| आसिफा | asipha | 2.05 |
| आशिफ़ा | asifa | 0.14 |
| आशीफ़ा | asifa | 0.14 |
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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 Ashifa
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