Shafika Surname
Approximately 196 people bear this surname
Shafika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 122 | 1:241,756 | 13,744 |
| India | 50 | 1:15,341,308 | 250,737 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
Shafika (6,495) may also be a first name.
Shafika Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafika Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shafika (Hindi: शफीका, Marathi: शकीका) is found in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafika? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,202,518th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. The surname Shafika is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Shafika reside; 70 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 70 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 81,434th most numerous first name globally, borne by 6,495 people.
This last name is most common in Malaysia, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 241,756. In Malaysia Shafika is mostly concentrated in: Johor, where 16 percent reside, Pahang, where 14 percent reside and Selangor, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Malaysia this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also common in India, where 26 percent reside and Indonesia, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafika Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafika in the Marathi language | ||
| शकीका | sakika | - |
| Shafika in the Hindi language | ||
| शफीका | saphika | 95.39 |
| शफिका | saphika | 2.53 |
| शफीक | saphika | 0.69 |
| शफ़ीका | safika | 0.57 |
| शाफिका | saphika | 0.44 |
| शाफीका | saphika | 0.19 |
| शफिक | saphika | 0.06 |
| श़फीका | saphika | 0.06 |
| शफ़ीक़ा | safiqa | 0.06 |
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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 Shafika
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