Siffa Surname
Approximately 316 people bear this surname
Siffa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Indonesia | 104 | 1:1,271,627 | 88,950 |
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Siffa (232) may also be a first name.
Siffa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Siffa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Siffa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﻔﺎ) is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Siffa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Siffa is the 860,770th most widespread last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 23,061,854 people. Siffa is predominantly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Siffa reside; 58 percent reside in Southern Africa and 58 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Siffa is also the 588,797th most widely held given name in the world. It is borne by 232 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 93,547. Barring Malawi this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 33 percent live and Liberia, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Siffa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Siffa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻴﻔﺎ | syfa | - |
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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 Siffa
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