Shaffey Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Shaffey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Shaffey (8) may also be a first name.
Shaffey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaffey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shaffey is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaffey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,117,718th most frequent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 43 percent of Shaffey reside; 29 percent reside in North America and 29 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Shaffey is also the 4,213,784th most widely held given name globally, held by 8 people.
This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Virginia, where 50 percent reside and Washington, where 50 percent reside. Beside The United States this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 14 percent reside and India, where 14 percent reside.
Shaffey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Shaffey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Shaffey last name declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Shaffey
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