Shafai Surname
Approximately 13,398 people bear this surname
Shafai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 11,888 | 1:6,459 | 895 |
| Saudi Arabia | 557 | 1:55,396 | 7,891 |
| Egypt | 397 | 1:231,576 | 16,276 |
| United States | 123 | 1:2,946,821 | 172,836 |
| Pakistan | 120 | 1:1,488,699 | 16,238 |
| Canada | 87 | 1:423,513 | 37,101 |
| Malaysia | 80 | 1:368,678 | 19,491 |
| Sweden | 40 | 1:246,169 | 17,052 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Shafai (1,097) may also be a first name.
Shafai Demographics
Average Shafai Salary in
United States
$54,242 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shafai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shafai (Hindi: शफाी) occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 39,187th most widespread family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 543,928 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Shafai reside; 90 percent reside in South Asia and 90 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Shafai is also the 240,930th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 1,097 people.
Shafai is most numerous in Iran, where it is borne by 11,888 people, or 1 in 6,459. In Iran it is most common in: Tehran Province, where 20 percent are found, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 17 percent are found and East Azerbaijan Province, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Iran Shafai occurs in 30 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 4 percent are found and Egypt, where 3 percent are found.
Shafai Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Shafai surname are 9.11% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.88% registered with the political party.
The amount Shafai earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 25.71% more than the national average, earning $54,242 USD per year and in Canada they earn 54.5% more than the national average, earning $76,762 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafai in the Hindi language | ||
| शफाी | saphai | 36.36 |
| शाफई | sapha'i | 36.36 |
| शफै | saphai | 27.27 |
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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 Shafai
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