Shaghal Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Shaghal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 22 | 1:1,461,508 | 12,026 |
| Iran | 19 | 1:4,041,185 | 108,332 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Shaghal (581) may also be a first name.
Shaghal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaghal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shaghal is held by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaghal? popularity and diffusion
Shaghal is the 2,909,720th most frequent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shaghal reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Shaghal is also the 347,331st most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 581 people.
This last name is most frequent in Afghanistan, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 1,461,508. In Afghanistan it is most common in: Nangarhar, where 45 percent are found, Zabul, where 32 percent are found and Badakhshan, where 5 percent are found. Beside Afghanistan Shaghal exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 42 percent are found and Pakistan, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Shaghal
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