Shifai Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Shifai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 82 | 1:392,112 | 5,551 |
| Iraq | 47 | 1:745,142 | 10,632 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Shifai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shifai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shifai (Bengali: শিফই) is more frequently found in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shifai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,428,594th most numerous last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. Shifai occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Shifai live; 64 percent live in South Asia and 58 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
This last name is most widespread in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 392,112. In Afghanistan Shifai is primarily concentrated in: Takhar, where 28 percent reside, Ghazni, where 27 percent reside and Kabul, where 26 percent reside. Other than Afghanistan this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 31 percent reside and Sri Lanka, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shifai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shifai in the Bengali language | ||
| শিফই | sipha'i | - |
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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
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- 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 Shifai
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