Salifa Surname
Approximately 410 people bear this surname
Salifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 218 | 1:606,648 | 48,159 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| Thailand | 38 | 1:1,858,904 | 228,660 |
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Lebanon | 6 | 1:939,514 | 16,645 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Salifa (1,336) may also be a first name.
Salifa Demographics
Salifa Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Salifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Salifa (Arabic: سليفه, Hindi: सलीफा, Marathi: सलीफा) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Salifa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salifa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 713,660th most widely held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 17,774,502 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 84 percent of Salifa are found; 63 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 53 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Salifa is also the 214,855th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 1,336 people.
This last name is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 218 people, or 1 in 606,648. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: Central Java, where 93 percent are found, Southeast Sulawesi, where 6 percent are found and Aceh, where 0 percent are found. Besides Indonesia it is found in 18 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 10 percent are found and Thailand, where 9 percent are found.
Salifa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Salifa surname is primarily Sunni (20%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salifa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salifa in the Marathi language | ||
| सलीफा | salipha | - |
| Salifa in the Hindi language | ||
| सलीफा | salipha | 91.89 |
| सलिफा | salipha | 5.41 |
| सालिफा | salipha | 2.7 |
| Salifa in the Arabic language | ||
| سليفه | slyfh | - |
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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 Salifa
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