Shafman Surname

1,263,456th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 182 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Shafman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shafman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1601:2,265,368141,469
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Ukraine61:7,587,116277,111
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Shafman Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shafman Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Shafman (Hindi: शफमन, Russian: Шафман) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shafman? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shafman is the 1,263,456th most commonly held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Shafman are found; 96 percent are found in North America and 96 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Shafman is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 160 people, or 1 in 2,265,368. In The United States Shafman is most prevalent in: New Jersey, where 14 percent reside, Wisconsin, where 14 percent reside and New York, where 9 percent reside. Outside of The United States this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 8 percent reside and Ukraine, where 3 percent reside.

Shafman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Shafman has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 696 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Shafman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Shafman surname are 7.52% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.29% registered with the political party.

The amount Shafman earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 20.02% more than the national average, earning $51,786 USD per year and in Canada they earn 113.71% more than the national average, earning $106,177 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Shafman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shafman in the Hindi language
शफमनsaphamana-
Shafman in the Russian language
Шафманsafman-

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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 Shafman
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