Halifah Surname
Approximately 2,041 people bear this surname
Halifah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,998 | 1:66,191 | 7,176 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Yemen | 7 | 1:3,775,042 | 17,439 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Halifah (4,397) may also be a first name.
Halifah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Halifah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Halifah is most common in Indonesia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Halifah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 203,812th most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 3,570,576 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Halifah reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 98 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 104,027th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, borne by 4,397 people.
The surname Halifah is most common in Indonesia, where it is held by 1,998 people, or 1 in 66,191. In Indonesia Halifah is primarily found in: East Java, where 22 percent are found, West Kalimantan, where 10 percent are found and West Java, where 10 percent are found. Other than Indonesia it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 1 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Halifah
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