Shafilah Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Shafilah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Shafilah (43) may also be a first name.
Shafilah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafilah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shafilah is carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafilah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shafilah is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shafilah reside; 80 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 80 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Shafilah is also the 1,545,828th most common first name globally, held by 43 people.
The surname Shafilah is most widespread in Malaysia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 7,373,556. In Malaysia it is most frequent in: Terengganu, where 75 percent are found and Kedah, where 25 percent are found. Other than Malaysia this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 20 percent are found.
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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 Shafilah
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