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
Shifam (Hindi: शिफाम) is borne by more people in The Maldives than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Shifam.
How Common Is The Last Name Shifam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Shifam occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shifam live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 50 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Shifam is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 12 people.
It is most widespread in The Maldives, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 202,086. In The Maldives Shifam is most prevalent in: Laamu Atoll, where 50 percent live and Shaviyani Atoll, where 50 percent live. Apart from The Maldives it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 25 percent live and Sri Lanka, where 25 percent live.
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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