Sifu Surname
Approximately 328 people bear this surname
Sifu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 91 | 1:1,453,288 | 98,507 |
| Papua New Guinea | 74 | 1:110,185 | 14,934 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Namibia | 46 | 1:52,378 | 6,268 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Sifu (896) may also be a first name.
Sifu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sifu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sifu (Arabic: سيفو, Hindi: सीफू, Russian: Сифу) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sifu.
How Common Is The Last Name Sifu? popularity and diffusion
Sifu is the 839,220th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 22,218,128 people. Sifu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 45 percent of Sifu are found; 30 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 30 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 271,411th most frequently occurring forename world-wide. It is borne by 896 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 1,453,288. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: Southeast Sulawesi, where 85 percent are found and North Maluku, where 14 percent are found. Other than Indonesia this surname is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 23 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sifu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sifu in the Hindi language | ||
| सीफू | siphu | 50 |
| सिफू | siphu | 25 |
| सीफु | siphu | 12.5 |
| सीफ़ू | sifu | 12.5 |
| Sifu in the Russian language | ||
| Сифу | sifu | - |
| Sifu in the Arabic language | ||
| سيفو | syfw | - |
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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 Sifu
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