Shaff Surname
Approximately 1,322 people bear this surname
Shaff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,158 | 1:313,004 | 28,652 |
| Russia | 44 | 1:3,275,524 | 171,933 |
| South Africa | 35 | 1:1,547,934 | 78,799 |
| Kazakhstan | 23 | 1:768,804 | 49,532 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 1:1,638,568 | 67,452 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 474 | 1:105,947 | 10,641 |
Shaff (219) may also be a first name.
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Shaff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shaff (Marathi: शि़फफ़, Russian: Шафф) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaff? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 289,833rd most frequent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 5,512,516 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Shaff are found; 88 percent are found in North America and 88 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 609,814th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 219 people.
The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 1,158 people, or 1 in 313,004. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 11 percent live, New York, where 9 percent live and Maryland, where 9 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name exists in 21 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 3 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.
Shaff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Shaff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Shaff last name increased 244 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Shaff Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Shaff surname are 18.07% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.84% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Shaff earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 96.52% more than the national average, earning R 467,004 per year; in United States they earn 15.43% more than the national average, earning $49,808 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.33% less than the national average, earning $39,085 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shaff Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shaff in the Marathi language | ||
| शि़फफ़ | siphafa | - |
| Shaff in the Russian language | ||
| Шафф | saff | - |
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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 Shaff
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