Shafafar Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Shafafar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Shafafar Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran231:3,338,37197,100
India41:191,766,3461,073,940

Shafafar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shafafar (Hindi: शफफार) is more frequently found in Iran than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Shafafar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shafafar? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,798,600th most frequently used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Shafafar is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shafafar reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 85 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.

The last name Shafafar is most frequent in Iran, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 3,338,371. In Iran Shafafar is most prevalent in: Khuzestan Province, where 70 percent reside, Alborz Province, where 26 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 4 percent reside. Besides Iran it is found in one country. It also occurs in India, where 15 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Safafar93169/
Safafard8830/
Saufafar881/
Safaefar881/
Safaifard825/
Saffaafar821/
Zafafar803/
Safafour752/
Saifgaffar671/
Saphaphar591/
Chaphaphar561/
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Shafafar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shafafar in the Hindi language
शफफारsaphaphara75
शफफरsaphaphara25

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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 Shafafar
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