Shafqar Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Shafqar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Shafqar Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan151:11,909,59253,778
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

Shafqar (98) may also be a first name.

Shafqar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shafqar is more commonly found in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shafqar? popularity and diffusion

Shafqar is the 4,908,606th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shafqar live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 956,749th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 98 people.

Shafqar is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 11,909,592. In Pakistan it is primarily concentrated in: Punjab, where 47 percent live, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 40 percent live and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 7 percent live. Besides Pakistan this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shafqart933/
Shafqatr931/
Shafkair801/
Shafqour801/
Safkar7721/
Zafqar771/
Safkaur71341/
Shawkar7147/
Chafkar719/
Shavkar712/
Zaifqar711/
Saifkar711/
Sahabkar6726/
Schabkar6724/
Shafkoor671/
Shabkhar671/
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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 Shafqar
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