Shahifah Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Shahifah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shahifah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia461:2,874,982163,265
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Shahifah (12) may also be a first name.

Shahifah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shahifah Come From? nationality or country of origin

Shahifah is most common in Indonesia. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shahifah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,843,861st most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shahifah are found; 100 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 100 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,306,491st most common given name internationally It is held by 12 people.

Shahifah is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 46 people, or 1 in 2,874,982. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Banten, where 76 percent reside and Central Java, where 24 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia it is found in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shahifa9317/
Sahifah9310/
Shohifah88150/
Shahifat881/
Sahifa86269/
Shoehifah822/
Sohifah80322/
Shahiva807/
Soehifah756/
Suihifah751/
Sahiva7143/
Sahifo7140/
Sehifa719/
Seaifa711/
Shaefa711/
Sahefa711/
Shaheva673/
Shaeffa671/

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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 Shahifah
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis