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 surname Shafilah occurs most in Malaysia. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafilah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shafilah is the 8,193,072nd most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shafilah live; 80 percent live in Southeast Asia and 80 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Shafilah is also the 1,545,828th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 43 people.
The last name is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 7,373,556. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Terengganu, where 75 percent are found and Kedah, where 25 percent are found. Aside from Malaysia it is found in one country. It is also found 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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