Shafec Surname
Approximately 1,138 people bear this surname
Shafec Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 1,127 | 1:11,936 | 805 |
| Somaliland | 4 | 1:875,046 | 1,198 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shafec (1,043) may also be a first name.
Shafec Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafec Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shafec occurs more in Somalia more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Shafec click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafec? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shafec is the 326,564th most commonly held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 6,403,819 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Shafec are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. Shafec is also the 248,067th most numerous forename throughout the world, borne by 1,043 people.
It is most widely held in Somalia, where it is borne by 1,127 people, or 1 in 11,936. Excluding Somalia it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Somaliland, where 0 percent live and Sweden, where 0 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 Shafec
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