Where Does The Last Name Shafya Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Shafya (Hindi: शफया, Marathi: शि़फया) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shafya? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name Shafya is the 4,649,889^th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Shafya occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Shafya reside; 89 percent reside in South Asia and 78 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Shafya is also the 740,891^st most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 154 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Pakistan, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 16,240,353. In Pakistan it is most prevalent in: Sindh, where 82 percent are found, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 9 percent are found and Punjab, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Pakistan it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 17 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 6 percent are found.