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
Shafis (Hindi: शफीस, Marathi: शिफस) is more frequently found in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafis? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,017,195th most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. This last name occurs mostly 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 frequently occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 591 people.
This surname is most common in Pakistan, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 8,506,852. In Pakistan Shafis is mostly found in: Punjab, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Pakistan Shafis exists in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 19 percent reside and Malaysia, where 14 percent reside.
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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