Shifaya Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Shifaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
Shifaya (21) may also be a first name.
Shifaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shifaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shifaya is most common in India. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shifaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,723,624th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shifaya live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 88 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Shifaya is also the 2,368,944th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 21 people.
It is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 109,580,769. In India Shifaya is most frequent in: Tamil Nadu, where 57 percent reside, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where 14 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 14 percent reside. Outside of India it occurs in one country. It is also common in The Maldives, where 13 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Shifaya
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