Sheftor Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kazakhstan
Highest density in:
Kazakhstan

Sheftor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sheftor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kazakhstan281:631,51843,439
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733

Sheftor Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sheftor Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sheftor (Russian: Шефтор) is found most in Kazakhstan. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sheftor? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,274,477th most widespread surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname Sheftor occurs predominantly in Asia, where 81 percent of Sheftor reside; 78 percent reside in Central Asia and 78 percent reside in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia.

The last name Sheftor is most frequently held in Kazakhstan, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 631,518. In Kazakhstan it is mostly found in: Almaty Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Kazakhstan this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 17 percent are found and Ukraine, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seftor9227/
Sheftur864/
Shiftor861/
Shaftor861/
Shafftor801/
Seftar7725/
Saftor775/
Shaftar7192/
Shiftar7114/
Schiftar6711/
Shaftaar671/
Siftar62103/
Saftar6241/
Sebtar622/
Siftár621/
Savtor621/
Sawtor620/
Shivtorova5920/
Safthar575/
Sowtoor574/
Safftar571/
Chivtor571/
Sowtour571/
Sewtart571/
Safthaar532/
Sibthorh530/

Sheftor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sheftor in the Russian language
Шефторseftor-

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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 Sheftor
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