Shafih Surname
Approximately 1,055 people bear this surname
Shafih Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 840 | 1:212,671 | 5,087 |
| Syria | 135 | 1:142,971 | 3,675 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Shafih (2,013) may also be a first name.
Shafih Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafih Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shafih (Hindi: शफीह) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafih? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 346,661st most frequently occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 6,907,626 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shafih are found; 82 percent are found in South Asia and 81 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 168,420th most frequently occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 2,013 people.
This last name is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 840 people, or 1 in 212,671. In Pakistan it is primarily concentrated in: Sindh, where 48 percent are found, Punjab, where 35 percent are found and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Pakistan it occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Syria, where 13 percent are found and Kuwait, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafih Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafih in the Hindi language | ||
| शफीह | saphiha | - |
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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 Shafih
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