Shafak Surname
Approximately 422 people bear this surname
Shafak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 278 | 1:125,977 | 3,498 |
| India | 96 | 1:7,990,264 | 168,289 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Bulgaria | 9 | 1:775,434 | 29,551 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shafak (936) may also be a first name.
Shafak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shafak (Hindi: शफक, Marathi: शफाक, Russian: Шафак) is found most frequently in Iraq. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafak? popularity and diffusion
Shafak is the 698,433rd most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 17,269,066 people. Shafak is primarily found in Asia, where 91 percent of Shafak live; 68 percent live in West Asia and 66 percent live in Levant. It is also the 264,210th most frequently occurring given name worldwide, held by 936 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Iraq, where it is borne by 278 people, or 1 in 125,977. Without taking into account Iraq this last name exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in India, where 23 percent reside and Cameroon, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafak in the Hindi language | ||
| शफक | saphaka | 81.41 |
| शफाक | saphaka | 15.33 |
| शाफाक | saphaka | 2.01 |
| शाफक | saphaka | 0.5 |
| शफ़क | safaka | 0.25 |
| शफ़क | safaka | 0.25 |
| सफाक | saphaka | 0.25 |
| Shafak in the Marathi language | ||
| शफाक | saphaka | 58.33 |
| शफक | saphaka | 36.11 |
| शाफक | saphaka | 5.56 |
| Shafak in the Russian language | ||
| Шафак | safak | - |
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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 Shafak
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