Shifau Surname
Approximately 510 people bear this surname
Shifau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives | 424 | 1:953 | 110 |
| Nigeria | 73 | 1:2,426,613 | 80,686 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shifau (2,199) may also be a first name.
Shifau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shifau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shifau (Bengali: শিফউ, Dhivehi: ޝިފާއ, Hindi: शिफाउ) is most common in The Maldives. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Shifau.
How Common Is The Last Name Shifau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 607,405th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 14,289,306 people. The last name Shifau occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Shifau are found; 84 percent are found in South Asia and 83 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Shifau is also the 159,642nd most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 2,199 people.
It is most frequently held in The Maldives, where it is held by 424 people, or 1 in 953. In The Maldives Shifau is mostly concentrated in: Malé, where 57 percent live, Haa Dhaalu Atoll, where 5 percent live and Kaafu Atoll, where 4 percent live. Outside of The Maldives this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 14 percent live and Israel, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shifau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shifau in the Bengali language | ||
| শিফউ | sipha'u | - |
| Shifau in the Hindi language | ||
| शिफाउ | sipha'u | - |
| Shifau in the Dhivehi language | ||
| ޝިފާއ | sifa | 50 |
| ޝިފާއު | sifau | 25 |
| ޝިފާޢ | sifa | 25 |
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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 Shifau
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