Shaiff Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Shaiff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Shaiff (21) may also be a first name.
Shaiff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaiff Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shaiff is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaiff? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,391,485th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 77 percent of Shaiff live; 46 percent live in Southeast Asia and 46 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Shaiff is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 21 people.
This surname is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 4,915,704. In Malaysia Shaiff is mostly found in: Kuala Lumpur, where 33 percent are found, Penang, where 33 percent are found and Negeri Sembilan, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Malaysia this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 31 percent are found and Liberia, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Shaiff
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