Shaffai Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Shaffai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Shaffai (7) may also be a first name.
Shaffai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaffai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shaffai is found most in Malaysia. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaffai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shaffai are found; 75 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 75 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Shaffai is also the 4,548,448th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 7 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 9,831,408. In Malaysia Shaffai is most numerous in: Kelantan, where 33 percent live, Kuala Lumpur, where 33 percent live and Selangor, where 33 percent live. Excluding Malaysia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 25 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 Shaffai
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