Shafif Surname

1,710,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Shafif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shafif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India501:15,341,308250,737
Malaysia241:1,228,92653,021
Pakistan211:8,506,85244,204
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Shafif (132) may also be a first name.

Shafif Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shafif (Hindi: शफीफ, Russian: Шафиф) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Shafif.

How Common Is The Last Name Shafif? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,710,039th most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Shafif are found; 64 percent are found in South Asia and 36 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 807,735th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 132 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 15,341,308. In India Shafif is mostly concentrated in: Uttar Pradesh, where 46 percent live, Bihar, where 32 percent live and Jammu and Kashmir, where 18 percent live. Not including India this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 21 percent live and Pakistan, where 18 percent live.

Shafif Last Name Statistics demography

Shafif earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.6% less than the national average, earning $41,594 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shafief9258/
Shafiff928/
Shafife922/
Shafeif921/
Safif9136/
Shafieff861/
Chafif8353/
Shafib835/
Sohfif834/
Shafiw833/
Shafef833/
Safief832/
Saifif831/
Shafiv831/
Siafif831/
Safhif831/
Safiff831/
Shafiev776,599/
Shafeef77103/
Chaffif7714/
Chafiff775/
Shafayf774/
Shefiff773/
Shaffev772/
Shafivt771/
Sheffif771/
Zafif7326/
Safib7315/
Schafiew711/
Sheffiff711/
Schaffiv711/
Safiev672,991/
Safeef673/
Chafiv672/
Shafew672/
Soffif671/
Safiov671/
Safiew671/
Chofif671/
Saffew671/
Saffev671/
Safaib671/
Sofiof671/

Shafif Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shafif in the Hindi language
शफीफsaphipha-
Shafif in the Russian language
Шафифsafif-

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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
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  • 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 Shafif
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