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.
Shafei Demographics
Shafei Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Shafei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shafei (Hindi: शफॅी, Russian: Шафеи) is found most frequently in Iran. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafei? popularity and diffusion
Shafei is the 29,625th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 403,251 people. The surname Shafei is predominantly found in Asia, where 61 percent of Shafei live; 40 percent live in South Asia and 40 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Shafei is also the 106,379th most common given name on earth. It is borne by 4,244 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Iran, where it is borne by 7,263 people, or 1 in 10,572. In Iran Shafei is mostly found in: Tehran Province, where 14 percent reside, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 12 percent reside and Kurdistan Province, where 10 percent reside. Other than Iran Shafei exists in 46 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 38 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 9 percent reside.
Shafei Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally 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 US average, with 81.25% registered with the political 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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