Shaufa Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Shaufa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives | 96 | 1:4,210 | 398 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
Shaufa (98) may also be a first name.
Shaufa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaufa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shaufa (Hindi: शौफा) occurs more in The Maldives more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaufa? popularity and diffusion
Shaufa is the 1,736,881st most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name Shaufa is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shaufa are found; 86 percent are found in South Asia and 86 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 956,749th most commonly occurring forename globally It is held by 98 people.
The last name Shaufa is most prevalent in The Maldives, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 4,210. In The Maldives it is most frequent in: Malé, where 53 percent reside, Seenu Atoll, where 10 percent reside and Haa Alif Atoll, where 7 percent reside. Aside from The Maldives this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shaufa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shaufa in the Hindi language | ||
| शौफा | saupha | 42.86 |
| शऊफा | sa'upha | 42.86 |
| शउफा | sa'upha | 14.29 |
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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 Shaufa
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