Shafler Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Shafler Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 28 | 1:1,793,524 | 92,026 |
The alternate forms: Shäfler (1) are calculated separately.
Shafler Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafler Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shafler (Russian: Шафлер) is found most in Ukraine. It can occur as a variant: Shäfler. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafler? popularity and diffusion
Shafler is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Shafler are found; 50 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 50 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in Ukraine, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 7,587,116. In Ukraine Shafler is most frequent in: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 100 percent are found. Besides Ukraine Shafler is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 36 percent are found and Brazil, where 7 percent are found.
Shafler Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Shafler has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 82 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafler Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafler in the Russian language | ||
| Шафлер | safler | - |
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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 Shafler
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