Shafei Surname
Approximately 18,072 people bear this surname
Shafei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 7,263 | 1:10,572 | 1,410 |
| Egypt | 6,925 | 1:13,276 | 1,583 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,550 | 1:19,907 | 2,763 |
| Palestine | 1,247 | 1:3,648 | 806 |
| Malaysia | 393 | 1:75,049 | 5,375 |
| Kuwait | 125 | 1:30,406 | 3,898 |
| United Arab Emirates | 97 | 1:94,456 | 8,360 |
| Lebanon | 97 | 1:58,114 | 4,516 |
| United States | 79 | 1:4,588,088 | 240,017 |
| Indonesia | 73 | 1:1,811,633 | 116,472 |
| Yemen | 32 | 1:825,790 | 11,280 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| Canada | 23 | 1:1,601,982 | 107,690 |
| Pakistan | 21 | 1:8,506,852 | 44,204 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Jordan | 17 | 1:520,143 | 13,397 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Tunisia | 8 | 1:76,328 | 12,820 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Shafei (4,244) may also be a first name.
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Shafei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shafei (Hindi: शफॅी, Russian: Шафеи) has its highest incidence in Iran. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 29,625th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 403,251 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 61 percent of Shafei reside; 40 percent reside in South Asia and 40 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 106,379th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 4,244 people.
This last name is most widely held in Iran, where it is borne by 7,263 people, or 1 in 10,572. In Iran Shafei is most prevalent in: Tehran Province, where 14 percent live, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 12 percent live and Kurdistan Province, where 10 percent live. Apart from Iran it is found in 46 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 38 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 9 percent live.
Shafei Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Shafei surname are 34.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 81.25% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Shafei earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 18.21% less than the national average, earning $35,292 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.07% more than the national average, earning $51,209 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafei in the Hindi language | ||
| शफॅी | saphei | - |
| Shafei in the Russian language | ||
| Шафеи | safei | - |
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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 Shafei
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