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 held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shifaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,723,624th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shifaya are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 88 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 21 people.
The surname is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 109,580,769. In India Shifaya is mostly found in: Tamil Nadu, where 57 percent are found, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where 14 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 14 percent are found. Beside India Shifaya is found in one country. It also occurs 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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