Sayfu Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Sayfu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 161 | 1:27,382 | 2,647 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Sayfu (13) may also be a first name.
Sayfu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sayfu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sayfu (Hindi: सयफू, Russian: Сайфу) is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sayfu? popularity and diffusion
Sayfu is the 1,231,034th most commonly held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 38,558,444 people. The last name Sayfu is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sayfu live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 13 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 161 people, or 1 in 27,382. In Liberia Sayfu is most frequent in: Lofa County, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Liberia this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 13 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sayfu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sayfu in the Hindi language | ||
| सयफू | sayaphu | - |
| Sayfu in the Russian language | ||
| Сайфу | sajfu | - |
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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 Sayfu
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