Shaphu Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Shaphu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Shaphu (15) may also be a first name.
Shaphu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaphu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shaphu (Hindi: शफू) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaphu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Shaphu reside; 71 percent reside in Southern Africa and 71 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Shaphu is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 15 people.
Shaphu is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. Excluding South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent live and Nigeria, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shaphu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shaphu in the Hindi language | ||
| शफू | saphu | 66.67 |
| साफू | saphu | 16.67 |
| शफु | saphu | 16.67 |
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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 Shaphu
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