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
Shafihi is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafihi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,273,756th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Shafihi live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,017,994th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 88 people.
The surname Shafihi is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 2,725,273. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Zamfara, where 28 percent live, Kwara, where 25 percent live and Niger, where 23 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs 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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