Shafeh Surname
Approximately 291 people bear this surname
Shafeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 233 | 1:766,712 | 11,103 |
| Iran | 53 | 1:1,448,727 | 58,350 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shafeh (704) may also be a first name.
Shafeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shafeh is found in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafeh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 912,827th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 25,043,113 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Shafeh reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 311,400th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 704 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 233 people, or 1 in 766,712. In Pakistan Shafeh is most prevalent in: Balochistan, where 47 percent live, Punjab, where 27 percent live and Sindh, where 17 percent live. Other than Pakistan this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 18 percent live and Germany, where 1 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 Shafeh
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