Al-Shafei Surname
Approximately 616 people bear this surname
Al-Shafei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 517 | 1:59,682 | 8,852 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1:2,947,479 | 21,051 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Al-Shafei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al-Shafei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Al-Shafei is most common in Saudi Arabia. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Al-Shafei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 526,285th most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 11,830,432 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Al-Shafei live; 98 percent live in West Asia and 98 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.
The surname is most frequently held in Saudi Arabia, where it is held by 517 people, or 1 in 59,682. Outside of Saudi Arabia this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Bahrain, where 12 percent are found and Qatar, where 1 percent are found.
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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
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