Shafun Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Shafun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shafun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia231:6,266,220254,708
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

Shafun (45) may also be a first name.

Shafun Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shafun Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Shafun (Hindi: शफुन, Marathi: शफुन, Russian: Шафун) occurs more in Russia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shafun? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,665,662nd most frequently used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 76 percent of Shafun are found; 76 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 76 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,504,468th most frequently occurring given name in the world, held by 45 people.

This last name is most frequent in Russia, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 6,266,220. In Russia it is mostly found in: Autonomous Republic of Crimea, where 83 percent live, Chelyabinsk Oblast, where 13 percent live and Irkutsk Oblast, where 4 percent live. Other than Russia it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 10 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Shafun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shafun in the Hindi language
शफुनsaphuna75
सैफुनsaiphuna12.5
शाफूनsaphuna12.5
Shafun in the Marathi language
शफुनsaphuna66.67
शाफुनsaphuna33.33
Shafun in the Russian language
Шафунsafun-

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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 Shafun
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