Sahfi Surname
Approximately 1,097 people bear this surname
Sahfi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 748 | 1:102,650 | 9,973 |
| Pakistan | 237 | 1:753,772 | 11,005 |
| India | 89 | 1:8,618,712 | 176,377 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sahfi (767) may also be a first name.
Sahfi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahfi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sahfi (Hindi: शफी, Marathi: शफी) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sahfi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahfi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 336,072nd most commonly occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 6,643,159 people. The last name Sahfi is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Sahfi reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Sahfi is also the 296,432nd most frequent forename world-wide It is held by 767 people.
It is most prevalent in Iran, where it is borne by 748 people, or 1 in 102,650. In Iran it is most numerous in: Tehran Province, where 18 percent are found, Qom Province, where 17 percent are found and Gilan Province, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Iran it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 22 percent are found and India, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sahfi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sahfi in the Hindi language | ||
| शफी | saphi | - |
| Sahfi in the Marathi language | ||
| शफी | saphi | 75 |
| सफी | saphi | 12.5 |
| शाफी | saphi | 12.5 |
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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 Sahfi
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