Saifa Surname
Approximately 1,115 people bear this surname
Saifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Thailand | 318 | 1:222,133 | 37,379 |
| Indonesia | 155 | 1:853,221 | 64,334 |
| Liberia | 85 | 1:51,865 | 4,614 |
| Iran | 37 | 1:2,075,203 | 73,016 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Brazil | 27 | 1:7,928,679 | 178,836 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Pakistan | 16 | 1:11,165,243 | 51,703 |
| Afghanistan | 14 | 1:2,296,656 | 15,575 |
| Algeria | 7 | 1:5,518,793 | 51,529 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Saifa (7,121) may also be a first name.
Saifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Saifa (Arabic: سعيفه, Bengali: সইফা, Hindi: सईफा, Oriya: ସଇଫା) is carried by more people in Bangladesh than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Saifa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 331,780th most frequent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 6,535,916 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 84 percent of Saifa reside; 43 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 39 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Saifa is also the 76,746th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 7,121 people.
Saifa is most commonly held in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 360 people, or 1 in 442,658. Other than Bangladesh this surname exists in 26 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 29 percent live and Indonesia, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Saifa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Saifa in the Oriya language | ||
| ସଇଫା | sa'ipha | 90 |
| ସାଇଫା | sa'ipha | 10 |
| Saifa in the Bengali language | ||
| সইফা | sa'ipha | 77.78 |
| ছৈফা | chaipha | 11.11 |
| ছইফা | cha'ipha | 11.11 |
| Saifa in the Hindi language | ||
| सईफा | sa'ipha | 49.68 |
| सैफा | saipha | 28.39 |
| सइफा | sa'ipha | 9.68 |
| साईफा | sa'ipha | 7.74 |
| साइफा | sa'ipha | 3.87 |
| सैफ | saipha | 0.65 |
| Saifa in the Arabic language | ||
| سعيفه | syfh | - |
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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 Saifa
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