Shafiqa Surname
Approximately 627 people bear this surname
Shafiqa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 372 | 1:480,225 | 8,406 |
| India | 115 | 1:6,670,134 | 150,358 |
| Malaysia | 64 | 1:460,847 | 23,445 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Iran | 17 | 1:4,516,619 | 115,816 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Afghanistan | 8 | 1:4,019,148 | 21,487 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Shafiqa (100,486) may also be a first name.
Shafiqa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafiqa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shafiqa (Arabic: شفيقه, Hindi: शफीका) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Shafiqa.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafiqa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 519,402nd most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 11,622,880 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Shafiqa live; 82 percent live in South Asia and 77 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Shafiqa is also the 10,146th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 100,486 people.
This surname is most numerous in Pakistan, where it is held by 372 people, or 1 in 480,225. In Pakistan Shafiqa is primarily concentrated in: Balochistan, where 42 percent are found, Sindh, where 22 percent are found and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 20 percent are found. Other than Pakistan this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in India, where 18 percent are found and Malaysia, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafiqa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafiqa in the Hindi language | ||
| शफीका | saphika | 50 |
| शफीक़ा | saphiqa | 35.71 |
| सफीका | saphika | 7.14 |
| शफ़ीक़ा | safiqa | 7.14 |
| Shafiqa in the Arabic language | ||
| شفيقه | shfyqh | - |
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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 Shafiqa
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