Shafahat Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Shafahat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 19 | 1:9,402,310 | 46,838 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Iran | 4 | 1:19,195,631 | 219,601 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shafahat (252) may also be a first name.
Shafahat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafahat Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shafahat (Hindi: शफाहत, Marathi: शफाहत) is borne by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafahat? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shafahat is the 3,185,033rd most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname Shafahat is mostly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Shafahat are found; 89 percent are found in South Asia and 61 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Shafahat is also the 561,423rd most common first name internationally, held by 252 people.
It is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 9,402,310. In Pakistan Shafahat is primarily found in: Sindh, where 42 percent are found, Punjab, where 26 percent are found and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 21 percent are found. Aside from Pakistan it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 29 percent are found and Iran, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafahat Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafahat in the Hindi language | ||
| शफाहत | saphahata | 86.36 |
| शफहत | saphahata | 9.09 |
| शफ़ाहत | safahata | 2.27 |
| शफहात | saphahata | 2.27 |
| Shafahat in the Marathi language | ||
| शफाहत | saphahata | 70 |
| शफात | saphata | 20 |
| शफहत | saphahata | 10 |
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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 Shafahat
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