Shaafa Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Shaafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Shaafa (80) may also be a first name.
Shaafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shaafa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaafa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Shaafa reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shaafa is also the 1,075,395th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 80 people.
The surname Shaafa is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Shaafa is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 33 percent are found, Sokoto, where 33 percent are found and Zamfara, where 33 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 20 percent are found and Yemen, where 20 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Shaafa
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