Shafri Surname
Approximately 609 people bear this surname
Shafri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 551 | 1:53,529 | 4,147 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Shafri (332) may also be a first name.
Shafri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shafri (Hindi: शफरी, Marathi: शेखार) occurs most in Malaysia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Shafri click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafri? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 530,954th most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,966,414 people. The surname Shafri occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shafri reside; 92 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 91 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Shafri is also the 480,499th most widespread forename world-wide It is held by 332 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is borne by 551 people, or 1 in 53,529. In Malaysia Shafri is most common in: Selangor, where 19 percent reside, Perak, where 18 percent reside and Pahang, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Malaysia this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 3 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafri Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafri in the Marathi language | ||
| शेखार | sekhara | - |
| Shafri in the Hindi language | ||
| शफरी | saphari | 50 |
| शाफरी | saphari | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Shafri
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