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) occurs most in India. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Shafila.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafila? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,908,606th most widely held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 94 percent of Shafila live; 69 percent live in South Asia and 50 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 340,092nd most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 604 people.
The last name Shafila is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 85,229,487. In India Shafila is most frequent in: Bihar, where 33 percent are found, Uttar Pradesh, where 33 percent are found and Jammu and Kashmir, where 11 percent are found. Aside from India Shafila exists in 4 countries. It is also common 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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