Shafnan Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Shafnan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shafnan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan61:29,773,98192,487
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813

Shafnan (23) may also be a first name.

Shafnan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shafnan has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shafnan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shafnan are found; 67 percent are found in South Asia and 67 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Shafnan is also the 2,239,265th most common first name in the world, borne by 23 people.

The surname Shafnan is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,773,981. In Pakistan Shafnan is mostly found in: Punjab, where 83 percent reside and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Pakistan this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 22 percent reside and Iraq, where 11 percent reside.

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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 Shafnan
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