Alshafai Surname
Approximately 1,083 people bear this surname
Alshafai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 914 | 1:33,759 | 4,846 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Qatar | 37 | 1:63,730 | 6,585 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Alshafai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alshafai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alshafai is held by more people in Saudi Arabia than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alshafai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 339,513th most widely held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 6,729,036 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 88 percent of Alshafai reside; 88 percent reside in West Asia and 88 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.
It is most commonly used in Saudi Arabia, where it is held by 914 people, or 1 in 33,759. Excluding Saudi Arabia it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 11 percent reside and Qatar, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Alshafai
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