Shafeq Surname
Approximately 919 people bear this surname
Shafeq Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 493 | 1:362,361 | 7,086 |
| Egypt | 336 | 1:273,618 | 18,414 |
| India | 39 | 1:19,668,343 | 291,059 |
| Iran | 25 | 1:3,071,301 | 92,215 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Shafeq (274) may also be a first name.
Shafeq Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafeq Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shafeq is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafeq? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shafeq is the 386,348th most frequent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 7,929,865 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 63 percent of Shafeq are found; 61 percent are found in South Asia and 57 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Shafeq is also the 536,832nd most widely held forename internationally, borne by 274 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is carried by 493 people, or 1 in 362,361. In Pakistan Shafeq is mostly found in: Punjab, where 59 percent are found, Sindh, where 17 percent are found and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Pakistan it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 37 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Shafeq
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