Shafigh Surname
Approximately 1,442 people bear this surname
Shafigh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,383 | 1:55,519 | 6,091 |
| Pakistan | 19 | 1:9,402,310 | 46,838 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Shafigh (1,061) may also be a first name.
Shafigh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafigh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shafigh has its highest incidence in Iran. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafigh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 270,454th most frequent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 5,053,777 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Shafigh reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 245,703rd most commonly used given name globally, borne by 1,061 people.
The last name Shafigh is most numerous in Iran, where it is borne by 1,383 people, or 1 in 55,519. In Iran it is primarily found in: Tehran Province, where 19 percent live, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 13 percent live and North Khorasan Province, where 8 percent live. Aside from Iran Shafigh occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 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 Shafigh
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