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
Average Shafit Salary in
United States
$63,144 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shafit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafit Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shafit (Hindi: शफीत, Russian: Шафит) occurs most in Iraq. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafit? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 287,725th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 5,462,928 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Shafit reside; 91 percent reside in West Asia and 91 percent reside in Levant. It is also the 690,096th most widely held first name in the world, held by 175 people.
This surname is most widely held in Iraq, where it is carried by 1,210 people, or 1 in 28,944. Barring Iraq this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in India, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Shafit Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Shafit are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for 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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