Mashaf Surname
Approximately 1,207 people bear this surname
Mashaf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 1,114 | 1:23,721 | 2,399 |
| Iran | 87 | 1:882,558 | 42,611 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Mashaf (73) may also be a first name.
Mashaf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashaf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mashaf (Arabic: مشفع, Hindi: माशफ, Marathi: मशाफ) has its highest incidence in Yemen. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mashaf click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashaf? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 311,791st most frequently occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,037,735 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Mashaf live; 92 percent live in West Asia and 92 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Mashaf is also the 1,134,117th most widely held given name at a global level. It is borne by 73 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Yemen, where it is carried by 1,114 people, or 1 in 23,721. In Yemen Mashaf is most numerous in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 82 percent live, Sa'dah Governorate, where 17 percent live and Sana'a Governorate, where 1 percent live. Outside of Yemen this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mashaf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mashaf in the Hindi language | ||
| माशफ | masapha | - |
| Mashaf in the Marathi language | ||
| मशाफ | masapha | 87.5 |
| मसफ | masapha | 12.5 |
| Mashaf in the Arabic language | ||
| مشفع | mshf | - |
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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 Mashaf
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