Shafaei Surname

381,502nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 934 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Shafaei Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shafaei Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran8411:91,2999,152
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
England51:11,143,612252,590
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Shafaei Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shafaei Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Shafaei occurs more in Iran more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shafaei? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 381,502nd most prevalent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 7,802,512 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Shafaei are found; 90 percent are found in South Asia and 90 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.

Shafaei is most numerous in Iran, where it is carried by 841 people, or 1 in 91,299. In Iran Shafaei is most prevalent in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 26 percent are found, East Azerbaijan Province, where 17 percent are found and Tehran Province, where 16 percent are found. Besides Iran this last name occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.

Shafaei Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Shafaei are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Shafaei earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 96.62% more than the national average, earning $84,838 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.9% more than the national average, earning $63,046 CAD per year.

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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 Shafaei
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