Shifam Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Shifam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Shifam (12) may also be a first name.
Shifam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shifam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shifam (Hindi: शिफाम) is held by more people in The Maldives than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Shifam.
How Common Is The Last Name Shifam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shifam is the 8,968,613th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Shifam is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shifam live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 50 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequent first name internationally, borne by 12 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The Maldives, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 202,086. In The Maldives Shifam is mostly found in: Laamu Atoll, where 50 percent reside and Shaviyani Atoll, where 50 percent reside. Beside The Maldives this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 25 percent reside and Sri Lanka, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sifam | 91 | 5 | / |
| Shifan | 83 | 3,896 | / |
| Saifam | 83 | 11 | / |
| Seifam | 83 | 2 | / |
| Chifam | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sifaam | 83 | 1 | / |
| Schiffamn | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shaifan | 77 | 168 | / |
| Shipham | 77 | 128 | / |
| Shifaan | 77 | 55 | / |
| Shifang | 77 | 20 | / |
| Shiffan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shuffam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shifhan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shihfan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sifan | 73 | 778 | / |
| Zifam | 73 | 3 | / |
| Sufam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sifom | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cheshfam | 71 | 12 | / |
| Chizfahm | 71 | 5 | / |
| Shuifang | 71 | 4 | / |
| Schiffan | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shihfang | 71 | 0 | / |
| Saifan | 67 | 7,375 | / |
| Chifan | 67 | 1,984 | / |
| Siffan | 67 | 409 | / |
| Sifane | 67 | 141 | / |
| Shifanova | 67 | 51 | / |
| Sifain | 67 | 49 | / |
| Seifan | 67 | 39 | / |
| Shifon | 67 | 27 | / |
| Shefan | 67 | 19 | / |
| Sifome | 67 | 15 | / |
| Sifaun | 67 | 15 | / |
| Shyfan | 67 | 15 | / |
| Shifonova | 67 | 8 | / |
| Suifan | 67 | 7 | / |
| Sipham | 67 | 6 | / |
| Supham | 67 | 6 | / |
| Soifan | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sifaan | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sifang | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zifahm | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cifaim | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sifanh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sepham | 67 | 1 | / |
| Siffom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sidfan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sayfam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schiffgan | 67 | 0 | / |
| Scheifgan | 67 | 0 | / |
Shifam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shifam in the Hindi language | ||
| शिफाम | siphama | - |
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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 Shifam
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