Shifte Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Shifte Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Shifte (101) may also be a first name.
Shifte Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shifte Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shifte occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shifte? popularity and diffusion
Shifte is the 6,063,924th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Shifte is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Shifte live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Shifte is also the 940,641st most frequent forename world-wide. It is borne by 101 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 10,838,474. Outside of Ethiopia this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Iran, where 10 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 Shifte
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