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
The surname Salifa (Arabic: سليفه, Hindi: सलीफा, Marathi: सलीफा) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Salifa? popularity and diffusion
Salifa is the 713,660th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 17,774,502 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 84 percent of Salifa reside; 63 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 53 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 214,855th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,336 people.
Salifa is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 218 people, or 1 in 606,648. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: Central Java, where 93 percent live, Southeast Sulawesi, where 6 percent live and Aceh, where 0 percent live. Barring Indonesia this last name exists in 18 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 10 percent live and Thailand, where 9 percent live.
Salifa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Salifa surname is predominantly 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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