Shafari Surname
Approximately 381 people bear this surname
Shafari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 126 | 1:1,049,597 | 76,344 |
| Malaysia | 113 | 1:261,011 | 14,629 |
| Iran | 78 | 1:984,391 | 45,758 |
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Shafari (751) may also be a first name.
Shafari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafari Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shafari (Hindi: शफरी, Marathi: शाफरी) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Shafari.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafari? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shafari is the 752,779th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 19,127,417 people. The surname Shafari is predominantly found in Asia, where 87 percent of Shafari live; 64 percent live in Southeast Asia and 63 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Shafari is also the 299,937th most common first name on earth, held by 751 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 126 people, or 1 in 1,049,597. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: Jakarta, where 44 percent live, West Java, where 43 percent live and Central Java, where 6 percent live. Apart from Indonesia this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 30 percent live and Iran, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafari Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafari in the Hindi language | ||
| शफरी | saphari | - |
| Shafari in the Marathi language | ||
| शाफरी | saphari | 91.67 |
| शफरी | saphari | 8.33 |
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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 Shafari
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