Shafir Surname
Approximately 1,361 people bear this surname
Shafir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 506 | 1:716,322 | 56,419 |
| India | 301 | 1:2,548,390 | 80,848 |
| Russia | 120 | 1:1,201,025 | 87,954 |
| Pakistan | 86 | 1:2,077,254 | 19,688 |
| Malaysia | 57 | 1:517,443 | 25,717 |
| Canada | 40 | 1:921,140 | 70,350 |
| Israel | 32 | 1:267,426 | 24,032 |
| Denmark | 31 | 1:182,088 | 15,299 |
| Germany | 27 | 1:2,981,684 | 140,707 |
| Australia | 25 | 1:1,079,828 | 61,253 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 11 | 1:542,969 | 40,072 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Kazakhstan | 8 | 1:2,210,312 | 95,036 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Shafir (1,543) may also be a first name.
Shafir Demographics
Average Shafir Salary in
United States
$55,464 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shafir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shafir (Hindi: शफीर, Marathi: शाफीर, Russian: Шафир) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafir? popularity and diffusion
It is the 283,122nd most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,354,552 people. The last name Shafir is predominantly found in The Americas, where 42 percent of Shafir live; 40 percent live in North America and 39 percent live in Anglo-North America. Shafir is also the 197,386th most common first name worldwide, held by 1,543 people.
It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 506 people, or 1 in 716,322. In The United States Shafir is mostly found in: New York, where 40 percent live, California, where 11 percent live and New Jersey, where 8 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 44 countries. It also occurs in India, where 22 percent live and Russia, where 9 percent live.
Shafir Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Shafir has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Shafir last name grew 4,217 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Shafir Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Shafir last name are 40.71% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 93.94% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Shafir earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 52.32% less than the national average, earning R 113,304 per year; in United States they earn 28.54% more than the national average, earning $55,464 USD per year and in Canada they earn 37.18% more than the national average, earning $68,156 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafir in the Hindi language | ||
| शफीर | saphira | 72.81 |
| शाफिर | saphira | 20.54 |
| शफिर | saphira | 3.93 |
| शाफीर | saphira | 1.51 |
| शफीर् | saphir | 0.6 |
| सफीर | saphira | 0.3 |
| शफ़िर | safira | 0.3 |
| Shafir in the Marathi language | ||
| शाफीर | saphira | 41.27 |
| शिफर | siphara | 39.68 |
| शफीर | saphira | 9.52 |
| सै | sai | 4.76 |
| शाकीर | sakira | 1.59 |
| सिफर | siphara | 1.59 |
| झाकीर | jhakira | 1.59 |
| Shafir in the Russian language | ||
| Шафир | safir | - |
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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 Shafir
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