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 most in India. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Shafaj click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafaj? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shafaj is the 5,213,395th most common last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Shafaj reside; 57 percent reside in South Asia and 57 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,717,090th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 36 people.
The surname Shafaj is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India Shafaj is primarily concentrated in: Bihar, where 63 percent reside and Kerala, where 38 percent reside. Other than India this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 29 percent reside and Iraq, where 7 percent reside.
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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