Saafi Surname
Approximately 1,923 people bear this surname
Saafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 840 | 1:212,671 | 5,087 |
| India | 329 | 1:2,331,506 | 76,120 |
| France | 150 | 1:442,818 | 63,836 |
| Tonga | 140 | 1:767 | 219 |
| United States | 113 | 1:3,207,601 | 184,423 |
| Indonesia | 84 | 1:1,574,395 | 104,585 |
| Tunisia | 83 | 1:7,357 | 1,234 |
| Nigeria | 63 | 1:2,811,790 | 89,258 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Iran | 5 | 1:15,356,505 | 213,424 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
The alternate forms: Saâfi (4) are calculated separately.
Saafi (1,430) may also be a first name.
Saafi Demographics
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Saafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Saafi (Hindi: सअफी, Russian: Саафи) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Saâfi. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Saafi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Saafi is the 214,006th most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 3,789,675 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 66 percent of Saafi are found; 61 percent are found in South Asia and 44 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 206,373rd most widespread forename world-wide. It is borne by 1,430 people.
The surname Saafi is most prevalent in Pakistan, where it is borne by 840 people, or 1 in 212,671. In Pakistan Saafi is primarily found in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 85 percent are found, Balochistan, where 9 percent are found and Punjab, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Pakistan this surname is found in 44 countries. It is also common in India, where 17 percent are found and France, where 8 percent are found.
Saafi Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Saafi last name are 1.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 55% registered to vote for the party.
Saafi earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.88% less than the national average, earning $42,337 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Saafi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Saafi in the Hindi language | ||
| सअफी | sa'aphi | - |
| Saafi in the Russian language | ||
| Саафи | saafi | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Saafi
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