Shalif Surname
Approximately 246 people bear this surname
Shalif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 173 | 1:152,747 | 7,554 |
| Jordan | 43 | 1:205,638 | 9,548 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Palestine | 4 | 1:1,137,212 | 16,054 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shalif (967) may also be a first name.
Shalif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shalif Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shalif (Hindi: शलीफ, Marathi: शालीफ, Russian: Шалиф) is held by more people in Yemen than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Shalif click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shalif? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,025,894th most frequent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 29,624,170 people. The surname Shalif occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Shalif are found; 91 percent are found in West Asia and 70 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 259,308th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 967 people.
It is most prevalent in Yemen, where it is borne by 173 people, or 1 in 152,747. In Yemen Shalif is mostly found in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 96 percent reside and Sana'a Governorate, where 4 percent reside. Other than Yemen it exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 17 percent reside and Tunisia, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shalif Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shalif in the Hindi language | ||
| शलीफ | salipha | - |
| Shalif in the Marathi language | ||
| शालीफ | salipha | 95 |
| शालीक | salika | 5 |
| Shalif in the Russian language | ||
| Шалиф | salif | - |
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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 Shalif
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