Shafian Surname
Approximately 580 people bear this surname
Shafian Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 250 | 1:307,130 | 21,589 |
| Malaysia | 223 | 1:132,261 | 8,530 |
| Pakistan | 39 | 1:4,580,612 | 30,982 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Shafian (365) may also be a first name.
Shafian Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafian Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shafian is more commonly found in Iran than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafian? popularity and diffusion
It is the 550,571st most widely held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 12,564,734 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Shafian reside; 51 percent reside in South Asia and 51 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Shafian is also the 455,540th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 365 people.
Shafian is most numerous in Iran, where it is held by 250 people, or 1 in 307,130. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Isfahan Province, where 34 percent are found, Tehran Province, where 9 percent are found and Lorestan Province, where 9 percent are found. Beside Iran Shafian exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 38 percent are found and Pakistan, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Shafian
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