Shafale Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Shafale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shafale (649) may also be a first name.
Shafale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shafale (Marathi: शफले) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Shafale.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafale? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Shafale live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 326,130th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 649 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Shafale is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 50 percent are found and Sokoto, where 50 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafale Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafale in the Marathi language | ||
| शफले | saphale | - |
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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 Shafale
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