Shefia Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Shefia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Shefia (696) may also be a first name.
Shefia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shefia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shefia is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Shefia.
How Common Is The Last Name Shefia? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shefia is the 4,116,508th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. Shefia is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shefia live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shefia is also the 313,309th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 696 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Shefia is most prevalent in: Ondo, where 27 percent are found, Zamfara, where 23 percent are found and Kogi, where 18 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Ghana, where 4 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 Shefia
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