Shafte Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Shafte Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Shafte Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafte Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shafte occurs most in Tanzania. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Shafte click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafte? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,532,898th most prevalent last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. Shafte is primarily found in Africa, where 42 percent of Shafte are found; 42 percent are found in East Africa and 42 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 6,617,702. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Mwanza Region, where 50 percent are found and Shinyanga Region, where 50 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 37 percent are found and Germany, where 11 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 Shafte
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