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
Shafir (Hindi: शफीर, Marathi: शाफीर, Russian: Шафир) is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafir? popularity and diffusion
Shafir is the 283,122nd most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 5,354,552 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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 throughout the world It is held by 1,543 people.
It is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 506 people, or 1 in 716,322. In The United States Shafir is primarily found in: New York, where 40 percent are found, California, where 11 percent are found and New Jersey, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 44 countries. It also occurs in India, where 22 percent are found and Russia, where 9 percent are found.
Shafir Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Shafir has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Shafir last name increased 4,217 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Shafir Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Shafir surname are 40.71% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 93.94% registered with the political 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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