Shafihi Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Shafihi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 65 | 1:2,725,273 | 87,396 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
Shafihi (88) may also be a first name.
Shafihi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafihi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shafihi has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafihi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,273,756th most prevalent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname Shafihi is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Shafihi live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shafihi is also the 1,017,994th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 88 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 2,725,273. In Nigeria Shafihi is primarily concentrated in: Zamfara, where 28 percent live, Kwara, where 25 percent live and Niger, where 23 percent live. Beside Nigeria Shafihi exists in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent live and Iran, 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 Shafihi
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