Shekfa Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Shekfa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Shekfa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shekfa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shekfa is found most in Qatar. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Shekfa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekfa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,063,924th most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Shekfa is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shekfa live; 90 percent live in West Asia and 90 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.
The surname Shekfa is most frequently occurring in Qatar, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 262,000. Not including Qatar this last name exists in one country. It is also common in India, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shekfai | 92 | 1 | / |
| Shekfaus | 86 | 0 | / |
| Chekfa | 83 | 264 | / |
| Shakfa | 83 | 240 | / |
| Shikfa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Shokfa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Shekfeh | 77 | 12 | / |
| Shokfai | 77 | 11 | / |
| Shakfah | 77 | 4 | / |
| Shokfah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shakhfa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sokfa | 73 | 83 | / |
| Sakfa | 73 | 8 | / |
| Sekfy | 73 | 7 | / |
| Sekfi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sheikhfi | 71 | 38 | / |
| Sheckfee | 71 | 9 | / |
| Shaqfa | 67 | 325 | / |
| Szekfy | 67 | 20 | / |
| Sockfa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Saecfa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sikefa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chikfa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chekfi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sikfai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Shekfa
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