Last name Shafir (Shafir 
, שפיר 
, Шафир 
) , globally, is quite a rare family name. The cognomen Shafir is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a common surname, United Arab Emirates, where it is a rare surname, and Malaysia. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Israel, Russia, and India. Also, Shafir is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Shafir | Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, United States |
| שפיר | Israel |
| Шафир | Belarus, Israel, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan |
| berl shafir Yiddish and Hebrew writer, UA (b. 1876) |
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| khinya shafir Victim of the Holocaust, MD (b. 1888) |
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| iakov mikhailovich shafir (b. 1886) |
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| iakov moiseyevich shafir (b. 1887) |
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belle shafir German-Israeli sculptor, DE (b. 1953) |
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| frida shafir Victim of the Holocaust, UA (b. 1907) |
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eldar shafir psychologist, US (b. 1959) |
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| ruthi shafir (b. 1932) |
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| michael shafir Romanian political scientist and journalist, RO (b. 1944) |
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| ehud shafir researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-0057-8550) |
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| sharoni shafir researcher |
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| jere shafir college basketball player (1972–1974) Yale |
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| alexandr shafir researcher |
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| millicent shafir researcher |
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| adi shafir Ph.D. Tel Aviv University 2007 |
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