Zilfa Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Zilfa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zilfa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo821:900,97060,382
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546

Zilfa (751) may also be a first name.

Zilfa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zilfa (Hindi: जिल्फा) is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zilfa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Zilfa is the 1,943,350th most widespread family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Zilfa reside; 89 percent reside in Central Africa and 89 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Zilfa is also the 299,937th most frequently used forename at a global level It is held by 751 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 900,970. Besides The DR Congo this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 8 percent live and Bangladesh, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zilfah9112/
Zilfaj919/
Zilfai911/
Szilfa911/
Zilfat911/
Zlfa892/
Szilfai83162/
Silfa801,925/
Zilfi80271/
Zelfa80244/
Zylfa80118/
Zilfo8032/
Zilfe806/
Jilfa803/
Zlfah801/
Zilpha738,834/
Zylfaj7371/
Shilfa7321/
Zilfou7321/
Zylfai738/
Zilfer735/
Silfat733/
Silfah732/
Gilfau731/
Silfau731/
Zilfos731/
Zilfij731/
Gilfas730/
Gilfay730/
Gilfauy6752/
Gilfaut6720/
Silfast6710/
Zlfi677/
Clfa672/
Jlfa671/
Zlfj671/
Slfa671/
Gilfaud671/
Zilfije671/
Silfeas670/

Zilfa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zilfa in the Hindi language
जिल्फाjilpha-

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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
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  • 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 Zilfa
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