Shafi-I Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Shafi-I Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Shafi-I (21) may also be a first name.
Shafi-I Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafi-I Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shafi-I is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Shafi-I click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafi-I? popularity and diffusion
Shafi-I is the 4,307,654th most widespread family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Shafi-I are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shafi-I is also the 2,368,944th most widely held first name globally It is held by 21 people.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria it is most common in: Zamfara, where 90 percent live, Kwara, where 5 percent live and Sokoto, where 5 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 5 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 Shafi-I
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