Shafit Surname
Approximately 1,334 people bear this surname
Shafit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 1,210 | 1:28,944 | 1,430 |
| India | 56 | 1:13,697,596 | 234,369 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| Hungary | 13 | 1:755,098 | 40,181 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Shafit (175) may also be a first name.
Shafit Demographics
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Shafit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafit Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shafit (Hindi: शफीत, Russian: Шафит) has its highest incidence in Iraq. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafit? popularity and diffusion
It is the 287,725th most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 5,462,928 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Shafit live; 91 percent live in West Asia and 91 percent live in Levant. It is also the 690,096th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 175 people.
Shafit is most commonly held in Iraq, where it is held by 1,210 people, or 1 in 28,944. Barring Iraq Shafit exists in 14 countries. It is also common in India, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Shafit Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Shafit surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.
Shafit earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 46.34% more than the national average, earning $63,144 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafit Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafit in the Hindi language | ||
| शफीत | saphita | 62.5 |
| शफित | saphita | 12.5 |
| शफिट | saphita | 12.5 |
| शाफित | saphita | 12.5 |
| Shafit in the Russian language | ||
| Шафит | safit | - |
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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 Shafit
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