Shafaj Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Shafaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shafaj (36) may also be a first name.
Shafaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shafaj (Hindi: शैफाज, Marathi: शफाज) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafaj? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. Shafaj occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Shafaj live; 57 percent live in South Asia and 57 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Shafaj is also the 1,717,090th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 36 people.
The last name is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India Shafaj is most frequent in: Bihar, where 63 percent live and Kerala, where 38 percent live. Beside India Shafaj exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 29 percent live and Iraq, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafaj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafaj in the Marathi language | ||
| शफाज | saphaja | - |
| Shafaj in the Hindi language | ||
| शैफाज | saiphaja | 50 |
| शफज | saphaja | 50 |
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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 Shafaj
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