Shafah Surname
Approximately 267 people bear this surname
Shafah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 115 | 1:667,674 | 35,714 |
| Pakistan | 63 | 1:2,835,617 | 23,570 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
Shafah (738) may also be a first name.
Shafah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shafah (Hindi: शफह) is found most in Iran. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 970,883rd most commonly used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 27,294,179 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Shafah live; 69 percent live in South Asia and 68 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Shafah is also the 302,944th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 738 people.
Shafah is most frequently used in Iran, where it is borne by 115 people, or 1 in 667,674. In Iran it is primarily found in: Tehran Province, where 61 percent reside, Isfahan Province, where 14 percent reside and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 10 percent reside. Barring Iran this surname exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 24 percent reside and Qatar, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafah in the Hindi language | ||
| शफह | saphaha | - |
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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 Shafah
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