Sifaw Surname
Approximately 283 people bear this surname
Sifaw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Sifaw (447) may also be a first name.
Sifaw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sifaw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sifaw is borne by more people in Morocco than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sifaw? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sifaw is the 930,678th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 25,751,046 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sifaw live; 98 percent live in North Africa and 96 percent live in Mahgreb. Sifaw is also the 405,268th most numerous given name at a global level, borne by 447 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Morocco, where it is borne by 273 people, or 1 in 126,286. Other than Morocco it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Libya, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 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 Sifaw
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