Rauf Shah Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Rauf Shah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 31 | 1:5,762,706 | 35,301 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Rauf Shah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rauf Shah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rauf Shah is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rauf Shah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rauf Shah is the 3,017,195th most frequently used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Rauf Shah are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 79 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.
The last name is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 5,762,706. In Pakistan Rauf Shah is most prevalent in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 58 percent are found, Punjab, where 29 percent are found and Sindh, where 10 percent are found. Besides Pakistan this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 19 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raouf Shah | 95 | 1 | / |
| Raufashah | 89 | 2 | / |
| Rafia Shah | 84 | 1 | / |
| Rauf She | 82 | 6 | / |
| Rafishah | 82 | 4 | / |
| Raufasha | 82 | 2 | / |
| Roafshah | 82 | 1 | / |
| Rafi Sha | 82 | 1 | / |
| Rafsha | 80 | 21 | / |
| Rafiya Shah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hrwf Shah | 78 | 1 | / |
| Rufasha | 75 | 332 | / |
| Rufusha | 75 | 13 | / |
| Rafsheh | 75 | 7 | / |
| Rafasha | 75 | 6 | / |
| Rafisha | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ravshah | 75 | 1 | / |
| Rufosheh | 71 | 200 | / |
| Roofshah | 71 | 19 | / |
| Raufhash | 71 | 7 | / |
| Rifshaah | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ravishah | 71 | 2 | / |
| Rafsh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Raviusha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rufushua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Raufashe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rufashai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Raviya Shah | 70 | 1 | / |
| Rafish | 67 | 283 | / |
| Rafshi | 67 | 27 | / |
| Rafushheh | 67 | 16 | / |
| Rifsha | 67 | 9 | / |
| Rafosh | 67 | 7 | / |
| Rafushiya | 67 | 7 | / |
| Rufushheh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ravush | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rufshi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rvasha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rafushaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ra Phasha | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Rauf Shah
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