Shafour Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Shafour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 36 | 1:893,144 | 8,921 |
| Iran | 26 | 1:2,953,174 | 90,148 |
| Syria | 16 | 1:1,206,314 | 7,138 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Shafour (21) may also be a first name.
Shafour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafour Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shafour occurs most in Afghanistan. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Shafour click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafour? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,075,631st most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shafour reside; 76 percent reside in South Asia and 76 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Shafour is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 21 people.
The last name Shafour is most frequently held in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 893,144. In Afghanistan it is primarily found in: Paktia, where 28 percent live, Paktika, where 28 percent live and Nangarhar, where 17 percent live. Barring Afghanistan Shafour exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 32 percent live and Syria, where 20 percent live.
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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 Shafour
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