Shafaratu Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Shafaratu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Shafaratu (317) may also be a first name.
Shafaratu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafaratu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shafaratu occurs most in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafaratu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shafaratu is the 4,427,875th most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Shafaratu live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shafaratu is also the 493,198th most numerous given name world-wide, held by 317 people.
The surname Shafaratu is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria Shafaratu is most prevalent in: Zamfara, where 100 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 5 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
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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 Shafaratu
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