Shafvan Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Maldives

Shafvan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shafvan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India211:36,526,923420,161
Maldives11:404,1727,269

Shafvan (41) may also be a first name.

Shafvan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shafvan (Hindi: शफवान, Marathi: शफवान) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shafvan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,206,983rd most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name Shafvan occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shafvan are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 95 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Shafvan is also the 1,590,275th most commonly occurring given name on earth, held by 41 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 36,526,923. In India Shafvan is most frequent in: Kerala, where 95 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 5 percent reside. Beside India this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The Maldives, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Safvan92842/
Saffvan861/
Safhvan861/
Safvaan861/
Safvane861/
Safvann861/
Safvant861/
Shafban861/
Safvanck801/
Sofvan7755/
Safban773/
Zafvan771/
Sefvan771/
Saphvan7110/
Safhuan711/
Sefvon621/

Shafvan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shafvan in the Hindi language
शफवानsaphavana77.78
शाफवनsaphavana11.11
शफ्वानsaphvana11.11
Shafvan in the Marathi language
शफवानsaphavana50
सफवीनsaphavina50

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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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  • 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 Shafvan
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