Shafiya Surname
Approximately 375 people bear this surname
Shafiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 282 | 1:2,720,090 | 84,388 |
| Pakistan | 33 | 1:5,413,451 | 34,034 |
| Maldives | 29 | 1:13,937 | 1,013 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shafiya (15,089) may also be a first name.
Shafiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shafiya (Bengali: শাফিয়া, Hindi: शाफिया, Marathi: सयद, Oriya: ସାଫିଆ) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 761,666th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 19,433,456 people. The last name Shafiya is predominantly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Shafiya reside; 92 percent reside in South Asia and 71 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 46,199th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 15,089 people.
Shafiya is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 282 people, or 1 in 2,720,090. In India it is most numerous in: Telangana, where 31 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 26 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 12 percent live. Besides India this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 9 percent live and The Maldives, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafiya in the Bengali language | ||
| শাফিয়া | saphiya | 80 |
| শফিয়া | saphiya | 10 |
| সাফিয়া | saphiya | 10 |
| Shafiya in the Hindi language | ||
| शाफिया | saphiya | 65.55 |
| शफिया | saphiya | 26.09 |
| शफीया | saphiya | 5.42 |
| शाफीया | saphiya | 1.99 |
| साफिया | saphiya | 0.27 |
| शफ़िया | safiya | 0.18 |
| शाफिय | saphiya | 0.09 |
| शाफि़या | saphiya | 0.07 |
| सफिया | saphiya | 0.04 |
| शफि़या | saphiya | 0.04 |
| शफीय | saphiya | 0.02 |
| शाफियॉ | saphiyo | 0.02 |
| शाफ़िया | safiya | 0.02 |
| श्ाफिया | saphiya | 0.02 |
| ्शफिया | saphiya | 0.02 |
| शाकिया | sakiya | 0.02 |
| शौफिया | sauphiya | 0.02 |
| शफिय | saphiya | 0.02 |
| शाफियां | saphiyam | 0.02 |
| Shafiya in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାଫିଆ | saphi'a | 50 |
| ଶଫିୟା | saphiya | 50 |
| Shafiya in the Marathi language | ||
| सयद | sayada | 27.27 |
| फैयाज | phaiyaja | 27.27 |
| सपीयााक | sapiyaaka | 9.09 |
| शायर | sayara | 9.09 |
| शफीयाँ | saphiyam | 9.09 |
| सैयद | saiyada | 9.09 |
| शजीया | sajiya | 9.09 |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Shafiya
- 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