Šifel Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Šifel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Šifel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia281:190,58832,093
Croatia251:169,14421,748
Czechia211:506,35652,868
Serbia151:476,33019,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Sifel (51) are calculated separately.

Šifel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Šifel is found most frequently in Slovakia. It can be found as: Sifel. For other possible spellings of Šifel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Šifel? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,980,395th most commonly held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šifel live; 55 percent live in Eastern Europe and 55 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

Šifel is most frequent in Slovakia, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 190,588. In Slovakia it is mostly concentrated in: Trnava Region, where 54 percent are found, Trenčín Region, where 43 percent are found and Nitra Region, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Slovakia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 28 percent are found and Czechia, where 24 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sifel9351/
Šiffel9138/
Šifl892/
Cifel807/
Šefel801/
Çifel801/
Zifel801/
Šifelová7711/
Zipfel735,284/
Seifel732,101/
Sifael731,196/
Siffel73231/
Sifuel73105/
Chifel7349/
Saifel7335/
Ziffel7319/
Sifele737/
Sifiel734/
Siefel733/
Cifell733/
Shifel733/
Suifel731/
Cifelh731/
Zeifel731/
Ciffel731/
Sifeld731/
Cipfel730/
Sipfel730/
Zaifel730/
Zihfel730/
Šiffelová7138/
Šefl67646/
Chiffel67149/
Zipfell6753/
Šiflová6740/
Sheifel6722/
Seifelt6719/
Saifoel6719/
Zipffel6714/
Zifl6710/
Shaifel674/
Shifelt674/
Sifl674/
Shiffel673/
Siffell673/
Schifel673/
Seifeld671/
Siefelt671/
Zipfeel671/
Shipfel671/
Choifel671/
Szeifel671/
Shiefel671/
Seifiel670/
Shihfel670/

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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 Šifel
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