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 found in The Maldives more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shifah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shifah is the 1,967,751st most prevalent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. The last name is mostly found 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 frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 1,126 people.
Shifah is most frequently occurring in The Maldives, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 9,399. In The Maldives Shifah is most numerous in: Malé, where 56 percent live, Vaavu Atoll, where 19 percent live and Baa Atoll, where 7 percent live. Barring The Maldives this last name is found 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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