Shaffouni Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria

Shaffouni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shaffouni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria31:6,433,67416,197
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Shaffouni Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shaffouni Come From? nationality or country of origin

Shaffouni is borne by more people in Syria than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shaffouni? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Shaffouni is mostly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Shaffouni live; 80 percent live in West Asia and 60 percent live in Levant.

The last name Shaffouni is most frequently held in Syria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 6,433,674. Without taking into account Syria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 20 percent reside and Sweden, where 20 percent reside.

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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 Shaffouni
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