Istefa Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Azerbaijan
Highest density in:
Azerbaijan

Istefa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Istefa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Azerbaijan61:1,608,18720,863
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Istefa (67) may also be a first name.

Istefa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Istefa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Istefa (Hindi: इस्तेफा) is held by more people in Azerbaijan than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Istefa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Istefa is the 5,213,395th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Istefa occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Istefa live; 50 percent live in South Asia and 43 percent live in Transcaucasia. It is also the 1,191,548th most frequently occurring forename on earth It is held by 67 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Azerbaijan, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,608,187. In Azerbaijan Istefa is most frequent in: Ganja, where 67 percent reside, Baku, where 17 percent reside and Qazakh District, where 17 percent reside. Outside of Azerbaijan it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 29 percent reside and India, where 21 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Itefa91127/
Istafa83376/
Estefa83191/
Iotefa83137/
Istifa8376/
Istofa8314/
Istefo8313/
Iteffa836/
Istefi832/
Yitefa831/
Itefaa831/
Istefe831/
Ittefa831/
Istifah7782/
Isteifo7712/
Istofah779/
Istifai775/
Isthafa775/
Ishtifa773/
Istiofa773/
Estefat771/
Ittefat771/
Histofa771/
Isthifa771/
Ittefad771/
Etefa737,584/
Itefo736/
Ytefa734/
Itifa731/
Istifaus7121/
Istifaya716/
Itesfaha711/
Istifaas711/
Ishthifa711/
Isthaffa711/
Isthafaa711/
Estefo67302/
Eteifa67125/
Getefa6775/
Estofa6728/
Eteffa6727/
Estafa6724/
Ustafa6723/
Estefe6723/
Etefat6722/
Istifo6718/
Itefou6715/
Estifa6710/
Estefi679/
Heitefaut676/
Itiefo674/
Eteafa672/
Estefó672/
Ettefa671/
Etefah671/

Istefa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Istefa in the Hindi language
इस्तेफाistepha94.44
इस्तफाistapha5.56

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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 Istefa
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