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 has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Shafte.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafte? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shafte is the 4,532,898th most widely held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. Shafte occurs predominantly in Africa, where 42 percent of Shafte live; 42 percent live in East Africa and 42 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 6,617,702. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mwanza Region, where 50 percent are found and Shinyanga Region, where 50 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found 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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