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 last name Salifa (Arabic: سليفه, Hindi: सलीफा, Marathi: सलीफा) is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Salifa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Salifa is the 713,660th most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 17,774,502 people. The last name Salifa is predominantly found 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 frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 1,336 people.
It is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 218 people, or 1 in 606,648. In Indonesia Salifa is mostly concentrated in: Central Java, where 93 percent are found, Southeast Sulawesi, where 6 percent are found and Aceh, where 0 percent are found. Apart from Indonesia it exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 10 percent are found and Thailand, where 9 percent are found.
Salifa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Salifa last name is chiefly 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
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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 Salifa
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