Shafan Surname
Approximately 647 people bear this surname
Shafan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| Pakistan | 105 | 1:1,701,370 | 17,526 |
| Iraq | 68 | 1:515,024 | 8,412 |
| Israel | 37 | 1:231,287 | 21,601 |
| India | 34 | 1:22,560,747 | 316,052 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Yemen | 8 | 1:3,303,162 | 16,088 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Iran | 4 | 1:19,195,631 | 219,601 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Shafan (1,954) may also be a first name.
Shafan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shafan (Hindi: शफन, Marathi: शफान) occurs most in Sri Lanka. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 506,723rd most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 11,263,595 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Shafan live; 79 percent live in South Asia and 62 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 171,455th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,954 people.
The surname Shafan is most commonly used in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 365 people, or 1 in 57,010. Beside Sri Lanka Shafan exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 16 percent live and Iraq, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafan in the Marathi language | ||
| शफान | saphana | 66.67 |
| शाफान | saphana | 33.33 |
| Shafan in the Hindi language | ||
| शफन | saphana | 30.77 |
| शाफान | saphana | 23.08 |
| शफान | saphana | 23.08 |
| शाफन | saphana | 15.38 |
| शफ़न | safana | 7.69 |
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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 Shafan
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