Syafi'i Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Singapore

Syafi'i Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Syafi'i 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
Indonesia891:1,485,946100,216
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Syafi'i Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Syafi'i Come From? nationality or country of origin

Syafi'i (Arabic: سيافي) occurs most in Indonesia. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Syafi'i? popularity and diffusion

The surname Syafi'i is the 1,860,621st most frequent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Syafi'i live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 94 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

This last name is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 1,485,946. In Indonesia Syafi'i is most numerous in: East Java, where 19 percent are found, West Java, where 18 percent are found and Central Java, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 4 percent are found and Singapore, where 4 percent are found.

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
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Syafiii8623/
Syafiiy8612/
Syafiei8612/
Syafe'i867/
Syafi'e862/
Syafiish8010/
Syafie77874/
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Syafeai713/
Syahfie713/
Syaffie712/
Syafier711/
Syatfie711/
Syafeeie6736/
Syofie6269/
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Syafi'i Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Syafi'i in the Arabic language
سيافيsyafy-

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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 Syafi'i
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