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
The last name Shifaya is found most in India. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shifaya? popularity and diffusion
Shifaya is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Shifaya is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shifaya reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 88 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,368,944th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 21 people.
The surname Shifaya is most frequent in India, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 109,580,769. In India Shifaya is primarily concentrated in: Tamil Nadu, where 57 percent are found, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where 14 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 14 percent are found. Besides India this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The Maldives, where 13 percent are found.
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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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