Shafinah Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Shafinah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Shafinah (246) may also be a first name.
Shafinah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafinah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shafinah is found most in Singapore. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafinah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shafinah is the 2,909,720th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Shafinah reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 67 percent reside in Sinio-Southeast Asia. It is also the 569,299th most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 246 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Singapore, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 183,590. Without taking into account Singapore this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 31 percent reside and Uganda, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Shafinah
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis