Shafaghat Surname

1,133,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 213 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Shafaghat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shafaghat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1841:417,29626,403
United States111:32,950,812797,015
France51:13,284,544357,392
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
England11:55,718,059489,080
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Shafaghat (73) may also be a first name.

Shafaghat Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shafaghat occurs more in Iran more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shafaghat? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,133,308th most commonly held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 34,213,831 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Shafaghat are found; 87 percent are found in South Asia and 87 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Shafaghat is also the 1,134,117th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 73 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Iran, where it is borne by 184 people, or 1 in 417,296. In Iran it is most frequent in: Gilan Province, where 28 percent are found, Tehran Province, where 27 percent are found and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 17 percent are found. Other than Iran this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent are found and France, where 2 percent are found.

Shafaghat Last Name Statistics demography

Shafaghat earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.7% less than the national average, earning $33,786 USD 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
  • 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 Shafaghat
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