Sifau Surname
Approximately 250 people bear this surname
Sifau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 227 | 1:780,365 | 35,035 |
| Maldives | 19 | 1:21,272 | 1,350 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Sifau (4,173) may also be a first name.
Sifau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sifau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sifau occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sifau? popularity and diffusion
Sifau is the 1,014,722nd most widely held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 29,150,184 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Sifau live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 107,467th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 4,173 people.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 227 people, or 1 in 780,365. In Nigeria Sifau is mostly found in: Osun, where 39 percent reside, Oyo, where 19 percent reside and Ondo, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The Maldives, where 8 percent reside and Bulgaria, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Sifau
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