Shafali Surname
Approximately 1,601 people bear this surname
Shafali Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 1,352 | 1:117,867 | 4,824 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Iran | 78 | 1:984,391 | 45,758 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Shafali (13,986) may also be a first name.
Shafali Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafali Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shafali (Bengali: শেফালী, Hindi: शफाली, Marathi: शफाली, Russian: Шафали) is carried by more people in Bangladesh than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafali? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 248,216th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,551,871 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Shafali reside; 90 percent reside in South Asia and 89 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Shafali is also the 48,649th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 13,986 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 1,352 people, or 1 in 117,867. Apart from Bangladesh Shafali exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 9 percent live and Iran, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafali Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafali in the Bengali language | ||
| শেফালী | sephali | 96.4 |
| সেফালী | sephali | 1.8 |
| শেফালি | sephali | 0.9 |
| শফালী | saphali | 0.9 |
| Shafali in the Marathi language | ||
| शफाली | saphali | 71.43 |
| शेफाली | sephali | 9.52 |
| शैफाली | saiphali | 4.76 |
| शाफाली | saphali | 4.76 |
| िशफ़ाली | isafali | 4.76 |
| सेफाली | sephali | 4.76 |
| Shafali in the Hindi language | ||
| शफाली | saphali | 49.37 |
| शैफाली | saiphali | 41.77 |
| शेफाली | sephali | 3.8 |
| सैफाली | saiphali | 2.53 |
| सफाली | saphali | 1.27 |
| शौफाली | sauphali | 1.27 |
| Shafali in the Russian language | ||
| Шафали | safali | - |
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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 Shafali
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