Seifa Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Seifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 41 | 1:198,871 | 27,541 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Seifa (152) may also be a first name.
Seifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Seifa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﻔﺎ) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seifa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,185,341st most common family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 55 percent of Seifa are found; 55 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 55 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Seifa is also the 746,252nd most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 152 people.
Seifa is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 198,871. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 93 percent reside and National Capital District, where 7 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 28 percent reside and Liberia, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seifa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seifa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻴﻔﺎ | syfa | - |
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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 Seifa
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