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) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaphu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,117,718th most commonly held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Shaphu live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 71 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 15 people.
The surname Shaphu is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. Barring South Africa Shaphu is found in 2 countries. It is also found 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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