Shaphat Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Shaphat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 50 | 1:923,598 | 33,552 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Shaphat (161) may also be a first name.
Shaphat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaphat Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shaphat (Hindi: शफात, Marathi: शफात) occurs most in Kenya. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Shaphat.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaphat? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shaphat is the 2,185,341st most commonly used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Shaphat reside; 69 percent reside in East Africa and 69 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Shaphat is also the 722,635th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 161 people.
The last name Shaphat is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 923,598. In Kenya Shaphat is most numerous in: Kakamega County, where 98 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 2 percent live. Besides Kenya it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 15 percent live and Israel, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shaphat Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shaphat in the Marathi language | ||
| शफात | saphata | - |
| Shaphat in the Hindi language | ||
| शफात | saphata | 95.71 |
| शाफत | saphata | 2.86 |
| शाफात | saphata | 1.43 |
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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
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- 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 Shaphat
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