Silfia Surname

279,656th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,382 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Silfia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silfia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1,3641:96,95710,065
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Silfia (3,805) may also be a first name.

Silfia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Silfia is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Silfia? popularity and diffusion

It is the 279,656th most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 5,273,188 people. The last name Silfia occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Silfia are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 99 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 113,985th most commonly used given name throughout the world, held by 3,805 people.

Silfia is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 1,364 people, or 1 in 96,957. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: West Java, where 25 percent reside, Jakarta, where 18 percent reside and East Java, where 16 percent reside. Besides Indonesia this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 1 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Silfiah9287/
Sielfia9256/
Shilfia922/
Selfia831,025/
Sylfia8341/
Zilfia8318/
Silfya834/
Silfio831/
Silviah77399/
Selfiah77113/
Shelfia779/
Selfiat773/
Selfija771/
Silfios771/
Silphiah711/
Zelfia6754/
Gelfia671/
Slviah671/
Sílfio671/
Selviah62150/
Zylfija624/
Chilfya622/
Selphia621/
Zylfiaj621/
Zlfja551/
Slfyo551/
Celfio502/

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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 Silfia
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