Senifa Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Senifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 44 | 1:234,900 | 21,145 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Senifa (74) may also be a first name.
Senifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Senifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Senifa is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Senifa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Senifa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,555,468th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname Senifa occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Senifa live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Senifa is also the 1,125,792nd most numerous first name internationally It is held by 74 people.
It is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 234,900. In Benin Senifa is most numerous in: Mono Department, where 80 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 16 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 2 percent reside. Besides Benin this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 14 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seniffa | 92 | 5 | / |
| Senifat | 92 | 1 | / |
| Jenifa | 83 | 162 | / |
| Sanifa | 83 | 62 | / |
| Senife | 83 | 28 | / |
| Sonifa | 83 | 25 | / |
| Genifa | 83 | 6 | / |
| Sinifa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Zenifa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Senefa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sonifah | 77 | 17 | / |
| Shanifa | 77 | 15 | / |
| Shenifi | 77 | 11 | / |
| Sanifah | 77 | 10 | / |
| Djenifa | 77 | 7 | / |
| Zenifah | 77 | 7 | / |
| Jenifat | 77 | 3 | / |
| Jeniffa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Jenifaa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sanaifa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Genifea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jenifea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Senifet | 77 | 1 | / |
| Genifai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shenaifi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Shanifaa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Jeannifa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schanifa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Senefe | 67 | 49 | / |
| Jenefa | 67 | 17 | / |
| Sinifi | 67 | 14 | / |
| Sanefa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Senefo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Zanifa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sanifo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Genefa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sanufa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sinefa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Senifa
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