Asifah Surname
Approximately 735 people bear this surname
Asifah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 675 | 1:195,925 | 18,644 |
| Iraq | 42 | 1:833,849 | 11,429 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Asifah (1,660) may also be a first name.
Asifah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asifah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Asifah (Hindi: आसिफा, Marathi: असीफह) occurs most in Indonesia. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Asifah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 459,598th most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 9,915,028 people. The surname Asifah is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Asifah are found; 92 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 92 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 189,020th most frequently used forename on earth. It is borne by 1,660 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 675 people, or 1 in 195,925. In Indonesia Asifah is most numerous in: East Java, where 38 percent live, Central Java, where 35 percent live and West Java, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 6 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Asifah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asifah in the Hindi language | ||
| आसिफा | asipha | - |
| Asifah in the Marathi language | ||
| असीफह | asiphaha | - |
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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
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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 Asifah
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