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 surname Shalif (Hindi: शलीफ, Marathi: शालीफ, Russian: Шалиф) is found most in Yemen. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shalif? popularity and diffusion
Shalif is the 1,025,894th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 29,624,170 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Shalif reside; 91 percent reside in West Asia and 70 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 259,308th most frequently held forename at a global level, held by 967 people.
It is most common in Yemen, where it is held by 173 people, or 1 in 152,747. In Yemen it is mostly found in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 96 percent are found and Sana'a Governorate, where 4 percent are found. Other than Yemen it is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 17 percent are found and Tunisia, where 4 percent are found.
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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