Shafis Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Shafis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 21 | 1:8,506,852 | 44,204 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Shafis (591) may also be a first name.
Shafis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shafis (Hindi: शफीस, Marathi: शिफस) is more commonly found in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Shafis.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafis? popularity and diffusion
Shafis is the 3,017,195th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Shafis live; 71 percent live in South Asia and 52 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 344,079th most frequent first name internationally, held by 591 people.
Shafis is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 8,506,852. In Pakistan it is most numerous in: Punjab, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Pakistan it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 19 percent are found and Malaysia, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafis Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafis in the Hindi language | ||
| शफीस | saphisa | 83.33 |
| शाफिस | saphisa | 8.33 |
| शफिस | saphisa | 8.33 |
| Shafis in the Marathi language | ||
| शिफस | siphasa | 50 |
| शफीस | saphisa | 50 |
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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 Shafis
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