Shafu Surname
Approximately 254 people bear this surname
Shafu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 172 | 1:1,029,900 | 43,269 |
| Zambia | 46 | 1:344,564 | 18,269 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Afghanistan | 10 | 1:3,215,318 | 18,974 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Shafu (550) may also be a first name.
Shafu Demographics
Shafu Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Shafu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shafu has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shafu is the 1,003,904th most widespread family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 28,691,126 people. Shafu is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Shafu reside; 68 percent reside in West Africa and 68 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 359,069th most frequently used given name worldwide It is held by 550 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 172 people, or 1 in 1,029,900. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Borno, where 56 percent live, Kebbi, where 12 percent live and Zamfara, where 8 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 18 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Shafu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Muslim (97%) in Nigeria.
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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 Shafu
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