Shifeta Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Shifeta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 168 | 1:14,342 | 2,640 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
Shifeta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shifeta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shifeta occurs most in Namibia. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shifeta? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,214,709th most numerous surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 37,759,305 people. Shifeta is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shifeta reside; 87 percent reside in Southern Africa and 87 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Shifeta is most commonly occurring in Namibia, where it is held by 168 people, or 1 in 14,342. In Namibia Shifeta is most frequent in: Oshikoto Region, where 58 percent reside, Oshana Region, where 30 percent reside and Hardap Region, where 7 percent reside. Barring Namibia it exists in one country. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sifeta | 92 | 4 | / |
| Shifata | 86 | 28 | / |
| Shifatau | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sifata | 77 | 214 | / |
| Sifeto | 77 | 6 | / |
| Sifita | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cifeta | 77 | 1 | / |
| Schifeter | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sheffetap | 75 | 0 | / |
| Chifita | 71 | 5,131 | / |
| Siefata | 71 | 48 | / |
| Shifoto | 71 | 42 | / |
| Siffeti | 71 | 8 | / |
| Chifeto | 71 | 6 | / |
| Sefesta | 71 | 3 | / |
| Soifete | 71 | 2 | / |
| Cifesta | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shefita | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shefete | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shifito | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shifiti | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shifite | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sipheta | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seifata | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chiffeteau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Siphetha | 67 | 19 | / |
| Chifitah | 67 | 3 | / |
| Suphitha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chipheta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sephetha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soifette | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chipfeto | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Shifeta
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