Shefii Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Shefii Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Shefii (20) may also be a first name.
Shefii Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shefii Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shefii is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Shefii.
How Common Is The Last Name Shefii? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,228,735th most frequently held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The surname Shefii is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Shefii are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held forename world-wide, borne by 20 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria Shefii is mostly concentrated in: Niger, where 43 percent are found, Kaduna, where 23 percent are found and Oyo, where 14 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 3 percent are found and Israel, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Shefii
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