Shafee Surname
Approximately 12,331 people bear this surname
Shafee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 5,067 | 1:35,256 | 1,645 |
| Bangladesh | 1,983 | 1:80,361 | 3,747 |
| Egypt | 1,617 | 1:56,856 | 5,426 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,073 | 1:28,757 | 4,075 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,023 | 1:20,341 | 2,776 |
| Malaysia | 471 | 1:62,620 | 4,670 |
| India | 466 | 1:1,646,063 | 60,148 |
| United Arab Emirates | 256 | 1:35,790 | 3,775 |
| Qatar | 94 | 1:25,085 | 2,628 |
| Maldives | 58 | 1:6,968 | 589 |
| United States | 58 | 1:6,249,292 | 299,206 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Iran | 12 | 1:6,398,544 | 138,820 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Guyana | 7 | 1:108,889 | 7,175 |
| Jordan | 6 | 1:1,473,740 | 19,539 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 29 | 1:1,731,679 | 89,620 |
Shafee (5,234) may also be a first name.
Shafee Demographics
Average Shafee Salary in
United States
$66,711 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shafee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafee Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shafee (Hindi: शफी) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafee? popularity and diffusion
Shafee is the 42,294th most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 590,994 people. Shafee is mostly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Shafee live; 70 percent live in South Asia and 58 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 93,500th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 5,234 people.
The last name Shafee is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is held by 5,067 people, or 1 in 35,256. In Pakistan Shafee is primarily concentrated in: Punjab, where 65 percent reside, Sindh, where 19 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Pakistan this last name exists in 45 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 16 percent reside and Egypt, where 13 percent reside.
Shafee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Shafee has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Shafee surname increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Shafee Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Shafee are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60% being registered with the political party.
The amount Shafee earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 64.14% less than the national average, earning R 85,212 per year; in United States they earn 54.61% more than the national average, earning $66,711 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.59% less than the national average, earning $45,414 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafee Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafee in the Hindi language | ||
| शफी | saphi | - |
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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 Shafee
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