Shafiw Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Shafiw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Shafiw (4) may also be a first name.
Shafiw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafiw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shafiw is found most in Malaysia. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafiw? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 10,311,814th most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shafiw live; 67 percent live in Southeast Asia and 67 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 6,192,526th most common first name internationally, held by 4 people.
The last name is most common in Malaysia, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia Shafiw is primarily concentrated in: Johor, where 50 percent live and Terengganu, where 50 percent live. Excluding Malaysia it exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 33 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shafiwe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Schafiew | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shafif | 83 | 114 | / |
| Shafib | 83 | 5 | / |
| Safiwe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Shafew | 83 | 2 | / |
| Safiew | 83 | 1 | / |
| Shafiv | 83 | 1 | / |
| Shafiev | 77 | 6,599 | / |
| Shafief | 77 | 58 | / |
| Shafiff | 77 | 8 | / |
| Shafife | 77 | 2 | / |
| Shafeif | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shafivt | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sefiw | 73 | 2,740 | / |
| Safif | 73 | 36 | / |
| Safew | 73 | 28 | / |
| Safib | 73 | 15 | / |
| Shafieff | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schaffiv | 71 | 1 | / |
| Safiev | 67 | 2,991 | / |
| Chafif | 67 | 53 | / |
| Sefiew | 67 | 9 | / |
| Sohfif | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shafef | 67 | 3 | / |
| Safief | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shefew | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chafiv | 67 | 2 | / |
| Safhif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Safaib | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saphiw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Siafif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saifif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Safiov | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saffew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Safiff | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Shafiw
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis