Frequency: (129)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic shāfi῾ or shafī῾ ‘intercessor’, ‘mediator’ (see the Qur’an 10:3). Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shāfi῾ (767-820) was the founder of a school of Islamic law.
GIVEN NAMES: Muslim 83%. Mohammad (13), Mohammed (4), Tariq (4), Mohamed (3), Muhammad (3), Abdul, Adil, Adli, Ahamed, Ahmad, Akbar, Ali.
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