Shahifar Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Shahifar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 165 | 1:465,349 | 28,356 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Shahifar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shahifar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shahifar occurs most in Iran. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shahifar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,333,288th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Shahifar live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
This surname is most prevalent in Iran, where it is borne by 165 people, or 1 in 465,349. In Iran Shahifar is most numerous in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 35 percent live, Yazd Province, where 25 percent live and Tehran Province, where 12 percent live. Other than Iran this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shahidfar | 94 | 14 | / |
| Sahifar | 93 | 61 | / |
| Shahuifard | 89 | 8 | / |
| Sahifard | 88 | 12 | / |
| Saheifar | 88 | 1 | / |
| Siahifar | 88 | 1 | / |
| Saeifar | 80 | 211 | / |
| Sahivar | 80 | 156 | / |
| Zahifar | 80 | 1 | / |
| Seaifar | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shaefar | 80 | 0 | / |
| Shehivar | 75 | 5 | / |
| Schaefar | 75 | 4 | / |
| Shahevar | 75 | 2 | / |
| Shaeffar | 75 | 0 | / |
| Shuihifor | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saefar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schaeffar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saeefar | 67 | 2 | / |
| Saedfar | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shaefor | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zeaifar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saefart | 67 | 0 | / |
| Schaeffear | 67 | 0 | / |
| Schaefor | 63 | 2 | / |
| Saedfard | 63 | 1 | / |
| Seyiefar | 63 | 1 | / |
| Shaeffor | 63 | 0 | / |
| Schaeffor | 59 | 2 | / |
| Chaefaire | 59 | 0 | / |
| Shaedford | 59 | 0 | / |
| Schaeford | 59 | 0 | / |
| Shoeford | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Shahifar
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