Safwan Forename

14,260th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 67,771 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Saudi Arabia
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

Safwan Forename User-submission:

The name Safwan means 'one with a clear and pure character'. It comes from the Arabic root س-ف-و (s-f-w), which means 'pure' or 'clear'. Variants of the name include alternate spellings such as Safuan or Sufyan, influenced by regional pronunciation differences.

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Safwan Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Saudi Arabia-30,3071:1,017177
Yemen-5,6521:4,653483
Syria-5,4001:3,575490
Bangladesh
100%
4,4911:35,5073,419
Indonesia
100%
3,5801:72,0578,570
Sudan-2,5781:14,6651,593
Libya-2,2031:2,824494
Egypt
100%
1,9521:47,0802,742
Jordan
100%
1,4631:6,033666
Malaysia
98%
 
1,4041:21,6882,159
Sri Lanka-1,2881:16,1482,229
Iraq
100%
9851:35,5511,482
India
100%
8441:1,439,42983,743
Nigeria
100%
7981:222,5129,280
United Arab Emirates-4981:14,3611,519
Pakistan
91%
 
4851:400,73710,181
Lebanon
99%
 
4801:11,7241,141
Kuwait-4751:7,969982
Morocco
100%
4091:83,9822,937
Somaliland
100%
3341:10,484683
Palestine
100%
2871:15,854980
United States
100%
2411:1,504,30327,667
Ghana-2251:119,9394,817
Qatar
100%
1991:11,9081,879
Bahrain-1921:7,0241,127
Spain
100%
1651:282,0004,823
England
100%
1411:394,3479,116
Djibouti-1301:7,044654
Canada
100%
781:424,78711,869
Thailand
100%
641:1,094,77838,532
Sweden
100%
581:169,9646,249
Tunisia
100%
561:12,0881,121
France
100%
511:1,303,3409,131
South Africa
100%
411:1,330,06545,932
Iran
100%
311:2,532,15713,895
Australia-191:718,8229,906
Oman
100%
171:241,6863,539
Maldives
100%
161:27,1191,069
Israel
100%
141:600,20810,774
Germany
100%
141:6,905,56325,447
Afghanistan
100%
121:2,718,62620,989
Philippines
91%
 
121:8,834,123129,598
Brazil
100%
61:35,706,026284,222
Antigua and Barbuda-61:16,5662,341
Italy
100%
51:12,212,41834,417
China-51:273,211,15675,889
Scotland
100%
51:1,070,07310,235
Japan-41:31,996,51455,536
Algeria
100%
41:9,544,18014,095
Belgium
100%
41:2,872,51022,632
Venezuela-31:10,067,298111,314
Ukraine-31:15,166,63617,541
Singapore
100%
31:2,095,68522,815
Brunei
100%
31:139,8572,352
Switzerland-31:2,737,83221,065
Czechia
100%
21:5,328,0818,108
Colombia-21:23,889,46363,722
Malawi-11:17,112,31024,110
Monaco-11:38,4662,379
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Bosnia and Herzegovina-11:3,524,4588,651
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Luxembourg-11:564,0495,042
Belarus-11:9,482,38420,892
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Aruba-11:103,7802,838
Somalia-11:13,525,8677,760
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Sierra Leone-11:7,088,6631,497
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Argentina
100%
11:42,773,24343,333
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Poland
100%
11:38,027,1129,241
Nepal-11:28,487,352119,417
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513

The alternate forms: Säfwâñ (1) are calculated separately.

Safwan (11,730) may also be a surname.

Safwan Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The name Safwan means 'one with a clear and pure character'. It comes from the Arabic root س-ف-و (s-f-w), which means 'pure' or 'clear'. Variants of the name include alternate spellings such as Safuan or Sufyan, influenced by regional pronunciation differences.

- syedhumaid109

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