Shaffeh Surname
Approximately 1,086 people bear this surname
Shaffeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 872 | 1:5,217 | 1,158 |
| Jordan | 181 | 1:48,853 | 4,961 |
| Syria | 11 | 1:1,754,638 | 8,509 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Shaffeh Demographics
Shaffeh Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Shaffeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaffeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shaffeh is carried by more people in Palestine than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Shaffeh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaffeh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 338,735th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 6,710,447 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shaffeh live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 98 percent live in Levant.
The last name Shaffeh is most frequently used in Palestine, where it is borne by 872 people, or 1 in 5,217. In Palestine it is primarily found in: Rafah Governorate, where 88 percent live, Jericho Governorate, where 6 percent live and Gaza Governorate, where 2 percent live. Aside from Palestine it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 17 percent live and Syria, where 1 percent live.
Shaffeh Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Shaffeh surname is primarily Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
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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 Shaffeh
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