Shaffah Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Shaffah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 21 | 1:209,930 | 13,691 |
| Maldives | 5 | 1:80,834 | 3,218 |
Shaffah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaffah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shaffah occurs most in Liberia. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaffah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,882,373rd most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 81 percent of Shaffah are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
It is most numerous in Liberia, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 209,930. In Liberia Shaffah is mostly concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 62 percent live, Grand Bassa County, where 33 percent live and Margibi County, where 5 percent live. Beside Liberia it exists in one country. It also occurs in The Maldives, where 19 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 Shaffah
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