Shifah Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Shifah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives | 43 | 1:9,399 | 753 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Shifah (1,126) may also be a first name.
Shifah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shifah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shifah is borne by more people in The Maldives than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shifah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,967,751st most widely held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 72 percent of Shifah are found; 54 percent are found in South Asia and 49 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Shifah is also the 237,464th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 1,126 people.
This last name is most prevalent in The Maldives, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 9,399. In The Maldives it is most frequent in: Malé, where 56 percent live, Vaavu Atoll, where 19 percent live and Baa Atoll, where 7 percent live. Not including The Maldives it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 18 percent live and Uganda, where 13 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 Shifah
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