Shafil Surname
Approximately 256 people bear this surname
Shafil Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 155 | 1:4,948,809 | 124,489 |
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| Malaysia | 31 | 1:951,427 | 42,969 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shafil (1,584) may also be a first name.
Shafil Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafil Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shafil (Hindi: शफील, Marathi: शफील, Russian: Шафиль) has its highest incidence in India. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafil? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 998,609th most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 28,466,976 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of Shafil reside; 65 percent reside in South Asia and 61 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 194,304th most common first name on earth, borne by 1,584 people.
The surname is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 155 people, or 1 in 4,948,809. In India Shafil is primarily found in: Uttar Pradesh, where 50 percent reside, Bihar, where 32 percent reside and Kerala, where 15 percent reside. Beside India this last name occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 17 percent reside and Malaysia, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafil Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafil in the Hindi language | ||
| शफील | saphila | 96.37 |
| शाफिल | saphila | 1.61 |
| शफिल | saphila | 1.21 |
| सफील | saphila | 0.4 |
| शफील़ | saphila | 0.4 |
| Shafil in the Marathi language | ||
| शफील | saphila | 65.69 |
| शिफल | siphala | 22.55 |
| शाफील | saphila | 9.8 |
| शिफळ | siphala | 0.98 |
| Shafil in the Russian language | ||
| Шафиль | safil | - |
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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 Shafil
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