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 in Somalia more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafec? popularity and diffusion
Shafec is the 326,564th most frequently used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 6,403,819 people. The surname Shafec 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. It is also the 248,067th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 1,043 people.
The surname Shafec is most frequently occurring in Somalia, where it is borne by 1,127 people, or 1 in 11,936. Aside from Somalia this last name is found 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
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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 Shafec
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