Shaifa Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Shaifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 93 | 1:1,920,902 | 18,821 |
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Maldives | 4 | 1:101,043 | 3,565 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Shaifa (777) may also be a first name.
Shaifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shaifa (Arabic: سهايفه, Bengali: ছইফা, Hindi: शईफा) has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Shaifa.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaifa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shaifa is the 1,628,521st most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. The surname Shaifa occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Shaifa reside; 85 percent reside in South Asia and 80 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Shaifa is also the 294,392nd most numerous first name internationally, held by 777 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Pakistan, where it is held by 93 people, or 1 in 1,920,902. In Pakistan Shaifa is most frequent in: Gilgit-Baltistan, where 78 percent reside, Sindh, where 14 percent reside and Punjab, where 4 percent reside. Besides Pakistan this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 11 percent reside and India, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shaifa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shaifa in the Bengali language | ||
| ছইফা | cha'ipha | - |
| Shaifa in the Hindi language | ||
| शईफा | sa'ipha | 39.13 |
| शैफा | saipha | 21.74 |
| शाइफा | sa'ipha | 13.04 |
| शइफा | sa'ipha | 8.7 |
| शाईफा | sa'ipha | 8.7 |
| सईफा | sa'ipha | 4.35 |
| शइफ़ा | sa'ifa | 4.35 |
| Shaifa in the Arabic language | ||
| سهايفه | shayfh | - |
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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 Shaifa
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