Shafii Surname
Approximately 9,670 people bear this surname
Shafii Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,210 | 1:55,185 | 4,187 |
| Tanzania | 2,884 | 1:18,357 | 2,344 |
| Afghanistan | 1,500 | 1:21,435 | 1,077 |
| Malaysia | 558 | 1:52,857 | 4,104 |
| Egypt | 519 | 1:177,140 | 13,144 |
| Indonesia | 214 | 1:617,987 | 48,937 |
| Kenya | 212 | 1:217,830 | 15,493 |
| United States | 160 | 1:2,265,368 | 141,469 |
| Israel | 115 | 1:74,414 | 9,096 |
| Iran | 110 | 1:698,023 | 36,723 |
| England | 34 | 1:1,638,766 | 68,634 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Pakistan | 29 | 1:6,160,134 | 36,715 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Somaliland | 1 | 1:3,500,182 | 1,592 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
Shafii (39,033) may also be a first name.
Shafii Demographics
Average Shafii Salary in
United States
$51,666 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shafii Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafii Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shafii (Hindi: शफीई, Russian: Шафии) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Shafii.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafii? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 52,875th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 753,624 people. Shafii is mostly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Shafii reside; 33 percent reside in West Africa and 33 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 22,666th most commonly occurring given name on earth. It is borne by 39,033 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,210 people, or 1 in 55,185. In Nigeria Shafii is mostly concentrated in: Niger, where 35 percent are found, Zamfara, where 26 percent are found and Lagos, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Shafii exists in 47 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 30 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 16 percent are found.
Shafii Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Muslim (57%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Shafii last name are 1.61% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.84% registered with the party.
Shafii earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.74% more than the national average, earning $51,666 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafii Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafii in the Hindi language | ||
| शफीई | saphi'i | - |
| Shafii in the Russian language | ||
| Шафии | safii | - |
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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 Shafii
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