Forename Shafia

Across the world, Shafia (Shafia , شفيع , شافية ) is a common epicene forename. The forename Shafia is habitual in Somalia, where it is quite a common masculine name, Pakistan, where it is quite a rare mostly girly, but seldom male name, and Qatar, where it is quite a rare unisex name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Southern Asia, particularly India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Very seldom, Shafia is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Shafia

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Shafia	Indonesia, Somalia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh
شفيع	Saudi Arabia, Iran, Yemen, Egypt, Iraq
شافية	Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Iraq
Шафи	Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Ukraine

First names said to be same

Şafia, Шафиа, Шафья, and Шафя

Notable namesakes

	shafia zubair Indian politician, IN (b. 1951)
	shafia abdul rahman Ph.D. 2005
	shafia khatun Bangladeshi politician

Characteristic surnames

Bi, Ashraf, Akhter, Kausar, Khanam, Khatun, Rashid, Rahman, Nuzhat, Sheikh, Hassan, Sultana, Khatoon, Khawaja, Parveen, Hossion, Hussain, Mohammed, Tabassum, Fatima, Shaikh, Shahid, Haque, Mir, Ali, Jan, Shah, Bano, Bibi, Khan, Rana, Malik, Memon, Shaik, Syeda, Anjum, Ahmad, Ahmed, Banoo, Begam, Begum, Naeem, Chowdhury, and Fatima Bilal