Shoufa Surname
Approximately 211 people bear this surname
Shoufa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 188 | 1:24,196 | 3,557 |
| Yemen | 8 | 1:3,303,162 | 16,088 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Shoufa (13,820) may also be a first name.
Shoufa Demographics
Shoufa Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Shoufa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shoufa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shoufa occurs more in Palestine more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shoufa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shoufa is the 1,140,742nd most frequently held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 34,538,132 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Shoufa are found; 95 percent are found in West Asia and 91 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 49,082nd most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 13,820 people.
The surname Shoufa is most commonly held in Palestine, where it is held by 188 people, or 1 in 24,196. In Palestine it is most common in: Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, where 99 percent live, Jericho Governorate, where 1 percent live and Jerusalem Governorate, where 1 percent live. Barring Palestine it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 4 percent live and China, where 3 percent live.
Shoufa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Shoufa surname is predominantly Greek Orthodox (50%) in Lebanon.
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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 Shoufa
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