Shaf Surname
Approximately 1,511 people bear this surname
Shaf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 764 | 1:233,827 | 5,403 |
| Malaysia | 130 | 1:226,879 | 13,060 |
| Russia | 118 | 1:1,221,382 | 88,976 |
| Iraq | 89 | 1:393,502 | 7,096 |
| India | 68 | 1:11,280,373 | 208,492 |
| United States | 59 | 1:6,143,372 | 295,589 |
| Afghanistan | 50 | 1:643,064 | 7,334 |
| Ukraine | 45 | 1:1,011,615 | 93,730 |
| Kazakhstan | 31 | 1:570,403 | 40,441 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Iran | 14 | 1:5,484,466 | 128,255 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
Shaf (3,244) may also be a first name.
Shaf Demographics
Average Shaf Salary in
United States
$39,531 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shaf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaf Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shaf (Hindi: शफ, Russian: Шаф) occurs in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Shaf.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaf? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 260,043rd most prevalent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 4,822,995 people. The last name Shaf is mostly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Shaf live; 60 percent live in South Asia and 57 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 125,823rd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 3,244 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Pakistan, where it is carried by 764 people, or 1 in 233,827. In Pakistan Shaf is primarily concentrated in: Punjab, where 75 percent are found, Sindh, where 13 percent are found and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 6 percent are found. Besides Pakistan Shaf occurs in 39 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 9 percent are found and Russia, where 8 percent are found.
Shaf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Shaf has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 311 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Shaf Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Shaf surname is chiefly Orthodox (80%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Shaf last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.
Shaf earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.38% less than the national average, earning $39,531 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shaf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shaf in the Hindi language | ||
| शफ | sapha | 61.54 |
| शाफ | sapha | 30.77 |
| शाह | saha | 7.69 |
| Shaf in the Russian language | ||
| Шаф | saf | - |
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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 Shaf
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