Shafiyi Surname
Approximately 360 people bear this surname
Shafiyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 354 | 1:500,403 | 24,988 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Shafiyi (252) may also be a first name.
Shafiyi Demographics
Shafiyi Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Shafiyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafiyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shafiyi is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafiyi? popularity and diffusion
Shafiyi is the 785,023rd most commonly occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 20,243,183 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Shafiyi live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shafiyi is also the 561,423rd most frequently occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 252 people.
The last name Shafiyi is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 354 people, or 1 in 500,403. In Nigeria Shafiyi is primarily found in: Niger, where 62 percent are found, Kwara, where 12 percent are found and Kogi, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Shafiyi occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 1 percent are found and Italy, where 1 percent are found.
Shafiyi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Muslim (98%) in Nigeria.
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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 Shafiyi
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