Shafiqah Surname

755,622nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 379 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Shafiqah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shafiqah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia3261:90,4736,314
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Syria141:1,378,6447,647
Indonesia111:12,022,654410,938
Lebanon41:1,409,27119,641
Yemen31:8,808,43135,773
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Palestine11:4,548,84918,388
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Shafiqah (25,025) may also be a first name.

Shafiqah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shafiqah Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Shafiqah occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shafiqah? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shafiqah is the 755,622nd most commonly held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 19,228,353 people. The last name Shafiqah is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shafiqah are found; 93 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 89 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 31,967th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 25,025 people.

It is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is held by 326 people, or 1 in 90,473. In Malaysia it is primarily found in: Selangor, where 19 percent reside, Johor, where 12 percent reside and Kuala Lumpur, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Malaysia this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Singapore, where 4 percent reside and Syria, where 4 percent reside.

Shafiqah Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Shafiqah surname is primarily Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

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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 Shafiqah
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