Shafawi Surname
Approximately 248 people bear this surname
Shafawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 240 | 1:122,893 | 8,051 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
Shafawi (60) may also be a first name.
Shafawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shafawi occurs most in Malaysia. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafawi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,020,242nd most common last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 29,385,266 people. The last name Shafawi is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shafawi reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 97 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Shafawi is also the 1,270,172nd most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 60 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is held by 240 people, or 1 in 122,893. In Malaysia Shafawi is most prevalent in: Perak, where 32 percent are found, Selangor, where 20 percent are found and Kuala Lumpur, where 12 percent are found. Other than Malaysia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 2 percent are found and Thailand, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shahfawi | 93 | 10 | / |
| Shafawie | 93 | 3 | / |
| Shaffawi | 93 | 1 | / |
| Safawi | 92 | 2,979 | / |
| Shafavi | 86 | 174 | / |
| Shofawi | 86 | 25 | / |
| Shafabi | 86 | 5 | / |
| Safawai | 86 | 5 | / |
| Saffawi | 86 | 3 | / |
| Sayfawi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shefawi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Safawui | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shafawe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shafawy | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shafawee | 80 | 13 | / |
| Shoufawi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Safavi | 77 | 19,237 | / |
| Sofawi | 77 | 68 | / |
| Safawa | 77 | 9 | / |
| Sefawi | 77 | 9 | / |
| Safabi | 77 | 5 | / |
| Safawe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Safawy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Safavid | 71 | 302 | / |
| Sofaawi | 71 | 14 | / |
| Soffawi | 71 | 9 | / |
| Safawee | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shafabe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shefawe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Safavai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sawfawa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Safavit | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saifabi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Safavieh | 67 | 1,219 | / |
| Sophawit | 67 | 201 | / |
| Shaphabi | 67 | 30 | / |
| Safavihe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Safoubai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Shafawi
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