Shagofta Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Shagofta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Shagofta 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
Pakistan251:7,145,75540,003
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Shagofta (1,072) may also be a first name.

Shagofta Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shagofta (Hindi: शगोफता, Marathi: शागो, Oriya: ସଗୁା) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Shagofta click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shagofta? popularity and diffusion

The last name Shagofta is the 3,798,600th most frequently used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Shagofta reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 93 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 244,199th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 1,072 people.

The surname Shagofta is most commonly held in Pakistan, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 7,145,755. In Pakistan Shagofta is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 64 percent live, Sindh, where 28 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 8 percent live. Outside of Pakistan it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.

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
Shagoofta942/
Sagofta938/
Shagafta8813/
Shogofta881/
Shagaftha821/
Shagaufta821/
Shaghafta821/
Shoghofta821/
Shougafta711/
Shoughafta671/

Shagofta Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shagofta in the Oriya language
ସଗୁାsagua-
Shagofta in the Marathi language
शागोsago66.67
शगोsago33.33
Shagofta in the Hindi language
शगोफताsagophata50
शागोफताsagophata50

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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 Shagofta
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