Syef Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Syef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Syef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Syef (138) may also be a first name.

Syef Last Name Facts

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

The surname Syef has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Syef? popularity and diffusion

The last name Syef is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 40 percent of Syef reside; 40 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 40 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Syef is also the 787,636th most frequent given name throughout the world It is held by 138 people.

The surname is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 18,892,742. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Papua, where 57 percent live and Central Java, where 43 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia Syef exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 10 percent live and Egypt, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sayef891,108/
Seyef899/
Soyef898/
Syedf892/
Suyef891/
Seyefe802,254/
Sayeef80464/
Shayef8034/
Sayefe802/
Shiyef801/
Sayief801/
Sayyef801/
Seif75156,343/
Sief756,226/
Suef752,932/
Seef752,148/
Seaf751,704/
Saef751,571/
Sayf75754/
Seyf75482/
Soef7545/
Syeb7511/
Syif755/
Syev754/
Sgef754/
Soyf753/
Sejf753/
Seuf752/
Syew751/
Cyef751/
Syahief739/
Seife6715,181/
Seyfe679,132/
Soyeb672,302/
Sayeb671,978/
Souef671,111/
Saief671,008/
Siyaf67587/
Sheaf67517/
Sieff67429/
Suyeb67396/
Sayaf67305/
Sheef67292/
Seiff67277/
Ziyef67109/
Soyev67108/
Szeif67107/
Seeff67102/
Sueff67101/
Suyev6777/
Shief6774/
Seidf6762/
Süyev6748/
Siefe6736/
Sayev6732/
Shaef6730/
Zayef6727/
Shoef6723/
Syoif6721/
Seyff6721/
Sheif6715/
Saiyf6713/
Seuff6713/
Sayfe6711/
Sayyf679/
Soyaf677/
Seyeb677/
Seyaf677/
Sayuf676/
Seift676/
Seafe675/
Soyew675/
Sieaf675/
Saaef674/
Sseif674/
Seifs674/
Sheuf674/
Sayof674/
Seiif674/
Shyeb673/
Siyeb673/
Seyif673/
Sayif673/
Suyfe673/
Sehaf673/
Seaif672/
Sawef672/
Suief672/
Syoev671/
Sceif671/
Saydf671/
Shuef671/
Sheyf671/
Seuft671/
Seifh671/
Zyeff671/
Seefh671/
Seifp671/
Seyew671/
Seiaf671/
Shyev671/
Syhev671/
Sieft670/
Siefs670/
Seaff670/
Soyfe670/

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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 Syef
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