Risfa Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Risfa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives | 49 | 1:8,248 | 685 |
| Indonesia | 41 | 1:3,225,590 | 176,839 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Risfa (812) may also be a first name.
Risfa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Risfa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Risfa (Dhivehi: ރިސްފ) occurs most in The Maldives. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Risfa? popularity and diffusion
Risfa is the 1,931,261st most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Risfa are found; 54 percent are found in South Asia and 53 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 286,863rd most widespread first name internationally It is held by 812 people.
It is most widely held in The Maldives, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 8,248. In The Maldives it is primarily concentrated in: Kaafu Atoll, where 22 percent reside, Shaviyani Atoll, where 20 percent reside and Noonu Atoll, where 12 percent reside. Outside of The Maldives this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 44 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Risfa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Risfa in the Dhivehi language | ||
| ރިސްފ | risf | - |
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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 Risfa
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