Seyifa Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Seyifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Seyifa (30) may also be a first name.
Seyifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seyifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Seyifa has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seyifa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Seyifa is the 4,649,889th most commonly occurring surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. Seyifa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Seyifa live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Seyifa is also the 1,911,214th most commonly held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 30 people.
Seyifa is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 82 percent reside, Lagos, where 12 percent reside and Rivers, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Seyifa
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