Shafila Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Shafila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Shafila (604) may also be a first name.
Shafila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafila Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shafila (Hindi: शफीला) is found most frequently in India. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafila? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,908,606th most numerous surname globally, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. Shafila occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Shafila live; 69 percent live in South Asia and 50 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Shafila is also the 340,092nd most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 604 people.
The last name is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 85,229,487. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Bihar, where 33 percent are found, Uttar Pradesh, where 33 percent are found and Jammu and Kashmir, where 11 percent are found. Not including India this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 25 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafila Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafila in the Hindi language | ||
| शफीला | saphila | 90.91 |
| शफिला | saphila | 7.69 |
| शकीला | sakila | 0.7 |
| शफ़ीला | safila | 0.7 |
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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 Shafila
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