Shafad Surname
Approximately 873 people bear this surname
Shafad Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 539 | 1:24,957 | 1,368 |
| Somaliland | 294 | 1:11,905 | 693 |
| India | 36 | 1:21,307,372 | 304,812 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shafad (232) may also be a first name.
Shafad Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafad Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shafad (Hindi: शफाद, Marathi: शफाद, Russian: Шафад) is most common in Somalia. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafad? popularity and diffusion
Shafad is the 402,148th most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 8,347,704 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Shafad live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in Cushitic Africa. Shafad is also the 588,797th most common first name internationally, held by 232 people.
Shafad is most widely held in Somalia, where it is held by 539 people, or 1 in 24,957. Barring Somalia this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Somaliland, where 34 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafad Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafad in the Hindi language | ||
| शफाद | saphada | 68.42 |
| शफद | saphada | 15.79 |
| शाफाद | saphada | 10.53 |
| शाफाहद | saphahada | 5.26 |
| Shafad in the Marathi language | ||
| शफाद | saphada | 63.64 |
| अहमद | ahamada | 18.18 |
| शाफाद | saphada | 9.09 |
| शफड | saphada | 9.09 |
| Shafad in the Russian language | ||
| Шафад | safad | - |
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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 Shafad
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