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 last name Shafan (Hindi: शफन, Marathi: शफान) occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 506,723rd most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 11,263,595 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Shafan reside; 79 percent reside in South Asia and 62 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Shafan is also the 171,455th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 1,954 people.
Shafan is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 365 people, or 1 in 57,010. Excluding Sri Lanka this last name is found in 18 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 16 percent are found and Iraq, where 11 percent are found.
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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