Al Shafi Surname
Approximately 1,906 people bear this surname
Al Shafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 1,532 | 1:104,019 | 4,444 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Tunisia | 14 | 1:43,616 | 6,025 |
| Yemen | 11 | 1:2,402,299 | 14,089 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Al Shafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Shafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Al Shafi has its highest incidence in Bangladesh. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Shafi? popularity and diffusion
Al Shafi is the 215,535th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,823,476 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Al Shafi live; 81 percent live in South Asia and 81 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
The surname Al Shafi is most frequently held in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 1,532 people, or 1 in 104,019. Besides Bangladesh this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 15 percent live and Qatar, where 2 percent live.
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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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