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 last name Shafoe is held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafoe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 722,496th most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 18,083,240 people. The surname Shafoe occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shafoe reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.
The surname Shafoe is most frequent in Iran, where it is held by 402 people, or 1 in 191,001. In Iran Shafoe is most frequent in: West Azerbaijan Province, where 31 percent reside, Tehran Province, where 17 percent reside and Golestan Province, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Iran this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Malaysia, where 0 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 Shafoe
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