Sinifa Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Sinifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Sinifa (112) may also be a first name.
Sinifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sinifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sinifa is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sinifa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sinifa is the 8,968,613th most commonly used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 75 percent of Sinifa live; 50 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 885,979th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 112 people.
Sinifa is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 19,519,640. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Hoima District, where 50 percent reside and Masindi District, where 50 percent reside. Beside Uganda Sinifa exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 25 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Sinifa
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