Sidef Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Sidef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sidef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Sidef Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sidef Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sidef is more frequently found in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sidef? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 71 percent of Sidef reside; 43 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 43 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 9,831,408. In Malaysia Sidef is mostly found in: Kuala Lumpur, where 33 percent live, Negeri Sembilan, where 33 percent live and Pahang, where 33 percent live. Other than Malaysia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nepal, where 29 percent live and Italy, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sideif913/
Saidef911/
Sedef802,937/
Sideb803/
Sidew803/
Cidef802/
Sidif801/
Sidev801/
Shidev7310,596/
Sidaev7374/
Shideb7333/
Sideev7332/
Sidiev7324/
Saidev7314/
Siddif739/
Sidife732/
Sidoev732/
Sihdev731/
Sideva731/
Seadef730/
Shidaev67968/
Sheidev6757/
Shidiev6746/
Sidv6735/
Seidiev6729/
Saidaev6717/
Sidw678/
Shideev678/
Saidiev677/
Saideva676/
Seideev674/
Sidb671/
Sidephe671/
Saideav671/
Shaidev671/
Seidaev671/
Shideva671/
Saideev671/

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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
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  • 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 Sidef
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