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 last name Shafah (Hindi: शफह) is most common in Iran. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 970,883rd most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 27,294,179 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Shafah reside; 69 percent reside in South Asia and 68 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Shafah is also the 302,944th most frequently occurring given name on earth. It is borne by 738 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Iran, where it is carried by 115 people, or 1 in 667,674. In Iran it is most common in: Tehran Province, where 61 percent reside, Isfahan Province, where 14 percent reside and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 10 percent reside. Not including Iran Shafah is found in 16 countries. It is also common 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
- 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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