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.

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Shafvan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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

Shafvan (Hindi: शफवान, Marathi: शफवान) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shafvan? popularity and diffusion

Shafvan is the 4,206,983rd most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. Shafvan occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shafvan live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 95 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Shafvan is also the 1,590,275th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 41 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 36,526,923. In India Shafvan is most numerous in: Kerala, where 95 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 5 percent reside. Not including India this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The Maldives, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Safvan92842/
Saffvan861/
Safhvan861/
Safvaan861/
Safvane861/
Safvann861/
Safvant861/
Shafban861/
Safvanck801/
Sofvan7755/
Safban773/
Zafvan771/
Sefvan771/
Saphvan7110/
Safhuan711/
Sefvon621/
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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
  • 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 Shafvan
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