Shafket Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Shafket Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
Shafket (278) may also be a first name.
Shafket Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafket Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shafket is more commonly found in Bulgaria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafket? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shafket is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Shafket occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Shafket reside; 25 percent reside in Central Asia and 25 percent reside in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia. It is also the 532,586th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 278 people.
It is most prevalent in Bulgaria, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 6,978,905. In Bulgaria Shafket is mostly found in: Silistra Province, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Bulgaria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent are found and India, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shahfket | 93 | 1 | / |
| Safket | 92 | 1 | / |
| Shawket | 86 | 1,691 | / |
| Shefket | 86 | 436 | / |
| Shafqet | 86 | 30 | / |
| Shavket | 86 | 2 | / |
| Shafkit | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shafketova | 82 | 4 | / |
| Shafquet | 80 | 2 | / |
| Sefket | 77 | 171 | / |
| Sawket | 77 | 1 | / |
| Safqet | 77 | 1 | / |
| Showket | 71 | 539 | / |
| Shefked | 71 | 230 | / |
| Shavketova | 71 | 63 | / |
| Shafqit | 71 | 13 | / |
| Shefqet | 71 | 7 | / |
| Sawketh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chawkeat | 67 | 23 | / |
| Shafkhid | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shafquit | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sohwkett | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shavkath | 67 | 1 | / |
| Savckett | 67 | 0 | / |
| Sabkit | 62 | 13 | / |
| Shovketova | 59 | 7 | / |
| Sawcett | 57 | 5 | / |
| Chawkit | 57 | 1 | / |
| Showkit | 57 | 1 | / |
| Shobkhyt | 53 | 2 | / |
| Sawceett | 53 | 1 | / |
| Sofquest | 53 | 0 | / |
| Savckaite | 50 | 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
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- 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 Shafket
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