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
The surname Shafah (Hindi: शफह) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 970,883rd most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 27,294,179 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 92 percent of Shafah reside; 69 percent reside in South Asia and 68 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 302,944th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 738 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Iran, where it is borne by 115 people, or 1 in 667,674. In Iran Shafah is primarily concentrated in: Tehran Province, where 61 percent are found, Isfahan Province, where 14 percent are found and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 10 percent are found. Other than Iran Shafah exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 24 percent are found and Qatar, where 12 percent are found.
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
- 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 Shafah
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