Family name Shalabayev (Шалабаев 
, Shalabayev 
) , all over the world, is quite a rare cognomen. The family name Shalabayev is characteristic of Azerbaijan, where it is quite a common surname, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan, where it is quite a rare surname. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Russia. Very seldom, Shalabayev is the forename as well as the last name.