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 more frequently found in The Maldives than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shifau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shifau is the 607,405th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 14,289,306 people. The last name Shifau occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Shifau live; 84 percent live in South Asia and 83 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 159,642nd most widespread given name in the world, borne by 2,199 people.
The surname Shifau is most frequent in The Maldives, where it is borne by 424 people, or 1 in 953. In The Maldives it is primarily found in: Malé, where 57 percent are found, Haa Dhaalu Atoll, where 5 percent are found and Kaafu Atoll, where 4 percent are found. Outside of The Maldives this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 14 percent are found and Israel, where 2 percent are found.
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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