Shafeeh Surname
Approximately 445 people bear this surname
Shafeeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 425 | 1:420,339 | 7,789 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Shafeeh (389) may also be a first name.
Shafeeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafeeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shafeeh is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Shafeeh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafeeh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 671,677th most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 16,376,508 people. The last name Shafeeh is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shafeeh are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 96 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 439,102nd most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 389 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is held by 425 people, or 1 in 420,339. In Pakistan it is most common in: Punjab, where 64 percent reside, Sindh, where 20 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Pakistan it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 3 percent reside and Yemen, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Shafeeh
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