Halfa Surname
Approximately 821 people bear this surname
Halfa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 367 | 1:95,427 | 2,936 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Tanzania | 142 | 1:372,828 | 27,176 |
| Sudan | 36 | 1:1,041,950 | 3,038 |
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Turkey | 24 | 1:3,242,559 | 89,463 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Halfa (594) may also be a first name.
Halfa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Halfa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Halfa (Arabic: حلفا, Hindi: हालफा) has its highest incidence in Iraq. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Halfa.
How Common Is The Last Name Halfa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Halfa is the 422,155th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 8,876,426 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Halfa live; 49 percent live in West Asia and 45 percent live in Levant. It is also the 343,155th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 594 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Iraq, where it is held by 367 people, or 1 in 95,427. Apart from Iraq this surname is found in 24 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 22 percent live and Tanzania, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Halfa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Halfa in the Hindi language | ||
| हालफा | halapha | 50 |
| हल्फा | halpha | 50 |
| Halfa in the Arabic language | ||
| حلفا | hlfa | - |
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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 Halfa
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