Shaafy Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Shaafy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Shaafy (4) may also be a first name.
Shaafy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaafy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shaafy occurs most in The Maldives. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Shaafy click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaafy? popularity and diffusion
Shaafy is the 8,968,613th most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shaafy reside; 75 percent reside in South Asia and 75 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Shaafy is also the 6,192,526th most frequent forename globally It is held by 4 people.
This last name is most commonly used in The Maldives, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 134,724. In The Maldives it is mostly concentrated in: Laamu Atoll, where 33 percent live, Seenu Atoll, where 33 percent live and Malé, where 33 percent live. Beside The Maldives this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 25 percent live.
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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 Shaafy
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