Shefika Surname
Approximately 181 people bear this surname
Shefika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 180 | 1:13,386 | 2,469 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Shefika (1,251) may also be a first name.
Shefika Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shefika Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shefika is found most in Namibia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Shefika click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shefika? popularity and diffusion
Shefika is the 1,267,784th most widely held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 40,262,685 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shefika reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 223,227th most prevalent forename at a global level, borne by 1,251 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Namibia, where it is borne by 180 people, or 1 in 13,386. In Namibia Shefika is most prevalent in: Ohangwena Region, where 50 percent live, Omusati Region, where 34 percent live and Oshana Region, where 12 percent live. Beside Namibia Shefika exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 1 percent live.
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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 Shefika
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