Shfik Surname

1,025,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Shfik Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shfik Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
India911:8,429,290174,159
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560

Shfik (158) may also be a first name.

Shfik Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shfik (Hindi: श्फीक, Marathi: शफीक) is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Shfik click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shfik? popularity and diffusion

Shfik is the 1,025,894th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 29,624,170 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Shfik are found; 62 percent are found in North Africa and 62 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 730,165th most numerous first name on earth, held by 158 people.

It is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is carried by 153 people, or 1 in 600,887. Not including Egypt Shfik exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 37 percent live and Pakistan, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shfikh913/
Shfhik911/
Shfaik911/
Sfik8935/
Shfiq80211/
Sfeik8021/
Shfek803/
Sfikh801/
Schfiske771/
Shfeek7321/
Shfaiq7321/
Shfiqe7312/
Shphik7312/
Shfieq739/
Shfiqu732/
Shfeiq732/
Sfeikh731/
Shffiq731/
Shfhiq731/
Shfique6782/
Sfiq679/
Sfic673/
Sfjk672/
Zfik671/
Sfek671/
Shhfieq671/
Sfhaikh671/

Shfik Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shfik in the Marathi language
शफीकsaphika80
फीकphika20
Shfik in the Hindi language
श्फीकsphika63.16
शफीकsaphika28.95
शॅफीकsephika2.63

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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 Shfik
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