Saafiu Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Saafiu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Saafiu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saafiu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Saafiu is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Saafiu.
How Common Is The Last Name Saafiu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Saafiu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Saafiu are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Saafiu is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Saafiu is mostly concentrated in: Zamfara, where 63 percent live and Oyo, where 38 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Ghana, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaafiu | 92 | 52 | / |
| Sahafiu | 92 | 6 | / |
| Safiu | 91 | 7,587 | / |
| Shafiu | 83 | 38,168 | / |
| Safiou | 83 | 659 | / |
| Sahfiu | 83 | 45 | / |
| Safihu | 83 | 19 | / |
| Safieu | 83 | 7 | / |
| Safiut | 83 | 6 | / |
| Safiua | 83 | 5 | / |
| Saifiu | 83 | 5 | / |
| Safoiu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Safiju | 83 | 1 | / |
| Saufiu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Siafiu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sgafiu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Shafihu | 77 | 45 | / |
| Shafiue | 77 | 19 | / |
| Shaifiu | 77 | 17 | / |
| Safihuh | 77 | 9 | / |
| Shaffiu | 77 | 8 | / |
| Shafius | 77 | 7 | / |
| Safihou | 77 | 4 | / |
| Shafieu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sheafiu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shasfiu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shafiuz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shafi'u | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shafiuy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sahvfiu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sahfiue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sefiu | 73 | 2,968 | / |
| Zafiu | 73 | 1,056 | / |
| Sofiu | 73 | 120 | / |
| Safyu | 73 | 6 | / |
| Jafiu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Shafffiu | 71 | 6 | / |
| Safiahou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shahfiue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shefiu | 67 | 2,624 | / |
| Sefihu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Sehfiu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Shafyu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Safehu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Saphiu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Safeeu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sofiud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sefiju | 67 | 1 | / |
| Safuyu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jafiou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seifiu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Saafiu
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