Shoufan Surname
Approximately 993 people bear this surname
Shoufan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 931 | 1:20,731 | 1,511 |
| Israel | 30 | 1:285,254 | 25,178 |
| Lebanon | 12 | 1:469,757 | 12,312 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Shoufan (3,616) may also be a first name.
Shoufan Demographics
Shoufan Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Shoufan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shoufan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shoufan is carried by more people in Syria than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Shoufan.
How Common Is The Last Name Shoufan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 363,673rd most numerous family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 7,338,918 people. The last name Shoufan occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Shoufan are found; 99 percent are found in West Asia and 96 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 117,579th most widely held given name globally It is held by 3,616 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Syria, where it is borne by 931 people, or 1 in 20,731. In Syria it is primarily concentrated in: Homs Governorate, where 100 percent are found, Aleppo Governorate, where 0 percent are found and Quneitra Governorate, where 0 percent are found. Outside of Syria Shoufan exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 3 percent are found and Lebanon, where 1 percent are found.
Shoufan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Shoufan last name is predominantly Sunni (44%) in Lebanon.
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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 Shoufan
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