Shafakar Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Shafakar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 56 | 1:1,371,116 | 56,327 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Shafakar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafakar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shafakar (Hindi: शफकर) is found most frequently in Iran. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Shafakar.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafakar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shafakar is the 2,555,468th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. Shafakar is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shafakar reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.
Shafakar is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 1,371,116. In Iran Shafakar is primarily concentrated in: Gilan Province, where 100 percent are found. Other than Iran this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shafakaar | 94 | 1 | / |
| Safakar | 93 | 137 | / |
| Shafaqar | 88 | 1 | / |
| Shafekar | 88 | 1 | / |
| Shafakor | 88 | 1 | / |
| Safakaur | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chafadkar | 82 | 85 | / |
| Chaufakar | 82 | 4 | / |
| Safekar | 80 | 48 | / |
| Sefakar | 80 | 7 | / |
| Sahaphakar | 78 | 89 | / |
| Saphakar | 75 | 19 | / |
| Shefokar | 75 | 5 | / |
| Safakour | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chafokar | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chofakar | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chaphakar | 71 | 4 | / |
| Savahakar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sefakor | 67 | 486 | / |
| Sefekar | 67 | 20 | / |
| Sahaphakor | 67 | 12 | / |
| Chaphadkar | 67 | 8 | / |
| Saphekar | 63 | 3 | / |
Shafakar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafakar in the Hindi language | ||
| शफकर | saphakara | - |
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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 Shafakar
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