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 is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sifau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sifau is the 1,014,722nd most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 29,150,184 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Sifau are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sifau is also the 107,467th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 4,173 people.
Sifau is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 227 people, or 1 in 780,365. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Osun, where 39 percent live, Oyo, where 19 percent live and Ondo, where 10 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The Maldives, where 8 percent live and Bulgaria, where 0 percent live.
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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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