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
The surname Halfa (Arabic: حلفا, Hindi: हालफा) is borne by more people in Iraq than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Halfa? popularity and diffusion
Halfa is the 422,155th most prevalent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 8,876,426 people. The last name Halfa is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Halfa are found; 49 percent are found in West Asia and 45 percent are found in Levant. Halfa is also the 343,155th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 594 people.
Halfa is most frequently occurring in Iraq, where it is borne by 367 people, or 1 in 95,427. Beside Iraq it is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 22 percent are found and Tanzania, where 17 percent are found.
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
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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 Halfa
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