Shafirul Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Shafirul Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Shafirul Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia201:1,474,71161,770
India81:95,883,173728,828

Shafirul (304) may also be a first name.

Shafirul Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shafirul (Hindi: शफीरूल) occurs most in Malaysia. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Shafirul.

How Common Is The Last Name Shafirul? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,730,171st most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Shafirul occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shafirul are found; 71 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 71 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 504,994th most frequently used given name internationally. It is borne by 304 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 1,474,711. In Malaysia it is most common in: Selangor, where 30 percent are found, Pahang, where 25 percent are found and Kedah, where 15 percent are found. Other than Malaysia this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 29 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shaffirul942/
Safirul9394/
Shafirol881/
Saferul8030/
Safirol8021/
Zafirul8018/
Safurul802/
Saphirul755/
Zaffirul751/
Zafhirul751/
Sofirull751/
Saifuerul711/
Saphirull711/
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Shafirul Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shafirul in the Hindi language
शफीरूलsaphirula51.67
शफीरुलsaphirula45
शाफिरूलsaphirula1.67
शफिरूलsaphirula1.67

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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 Shafirul
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