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
The surname Shaffey has its highest incidence in The United States. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaffey? popularity and diffusion
Shaffey is the 7,117,718th most frequent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 43 percent of Shaffey are found; 29 percent are found in North America and 29 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Shaffey is also the 4,213,784th most numerous first name on earth, held by 8 people.
Shaffey is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Virginia, where 50 percent are found and Washington, where 50 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 14 percent are found and India, where 14 percent are found.
Shaffey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Shaffey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Shaffey last name fell 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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