Shafoe Surname
Approximately 403 people bear this surname
Shafoe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 402 | 1:191,001 | 15,632 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Shafoe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafoe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shafoe is more commonly found in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafoe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shafoe is the 722,496th most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 18,083,240 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shafoe live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
The surname is most frequently used in Iran, where it is held by 402 people, or 1 in 191,001. In Iran it is mostly concentrated in: West Azerbaijan Province, where 31 percent are found, Tehran Province, where 17 percent are found and Golestan Province, where 17 percent are found. Beside Iran this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Shafoe
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