Shafras Surname
Approximately 981 people bear this surname
Shafras Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 950 | 1:21,904 | 2,929 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
Shafras (986) may also be a first name.
Shafras Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafras Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shafras is found most frequently in Sri Lanka. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafras? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 367,166th most numerous family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 7,428,691 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shafras are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Shafras is also the 256,549th most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 986 people.
It is most prevalent in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 950 people, or 1 in 21,904. Other than Sri Lanka this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 1 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 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 Shafras
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