Sifya Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sifya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sifya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Sifya (236) may also be a first name.

Sifya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sifya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sifya (Hindi: सिफया) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sifya.

How Common Is The Last Name Sifya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,117,718th most widely held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Sifya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Sifya live; 43 percent live in East Africa and 43 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Sifya is also the 583,008th most prevalent first name globally, held by 236 people.

The surname Sifya is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 17,647,204. In Tanzania Sifya is mostly found in: Iringa Region, where 33 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 33 percent reside and Zanzibar Urban West Region, where 33 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania Sifya occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 29 percent reside and Algeria, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Saifya915/
Seifya911/
Sefya8019/
Sifia8014/
Sifaiyah7765/
Saifia73843/
Soifia73234/
Sifiah7330/
Shifia7312/
Siefia7310/
Seifia735/
Chifya732/
Saifea731/
Seifija673/
Sifaayo673/
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Sifya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sifya in the Hindi language
सिफयाsiphaya85.71
सीफयाsiphaya7.14
सािफयाsaiphaya7.14

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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 Sifya
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