Shifaan Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Shifaan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives | 54 | 1:7,485 | 631 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Shifaan (111) may also be a first name.
Shifaan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shifaan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shifaan occurs in The Maldives more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shifaan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,605,694th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name Shifaan is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Shifaan are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 890,531st most widely held given name globally, held by 111 people.
This surname is most widely held in The Maldives, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 7,485. In The Maldives Shifaan is primarily found in: Malé, where 56 percent reside, Kaafu Atoll, where 20 percent reside and Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll, where 4 percent reside. Barring The Maldives this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Shifaan
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