Safaf Surname
Approximately 465 people bear this surname
Safaf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Iraq | 105 | 1:333,540 | 6,405 |
| Syria | 33 | 1:584,879 | 5,519 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Safaf (209) may also be a first name.
Safaf Demographics
Safaf Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Safaf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safaf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Safaf (Russian: Сафаф) is more commonly found in Saudi Arabia than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Safaf click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Safaf? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 650,013th most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 15,672,142 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Safaf are found; 95 percent are found in West Asia and 63 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. Safaf is also the 625,736th most frequently used given name world-wide. It is borne by 209 people.
The surname Safaf is most frequently occurring in Saudi Arabia, where it is borne by 278 people, or 1 in 110,992. Outside of Saudi Arabia this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 23 percent are found and Syria, where 7 percent are found.
Safaf Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Safaf last name is primarily Sunni (67%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saffaf | 91 | 483 | / |
| Shafaf | 91 | 77 | / |
| Safafe | 91 | 3 | / |
| Shaffaf | 83 | 57 | / |
| Shafaft | 83 | 5 | / |
| Shafayf | 83 | 4 | / |
| Sadfasf | 83 | 2 | / |
| Sadfadf | 83 | 2 | / |
| Shafaaf | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sefaf | 80 | 366 | / |
| Zafaf | 80 | 5 | / |
| Cafaf | 80 | 4 | / |
| Jafaf | 80 | 3 | / |
| Safaw | 80 | 2 | / |
| Safof | 80 | 1 | / |
| Safav | 80 | 1 | / |
| Schafaff | 77 | 11 | / |
| Schaffaf | 77 | 8 | / |
| Shafafth | 77 | 1 | / |
| Seffaf | 73 | 78 | / |
| Shafof | 73 | 21 | / |
| Shefaf | 73 | 10 | / |
| Safouf | 73 | 6 | / |
| Shafaw | 73 | 5 | / |
| Shafab | 73 | 3 | / |
| Safova | 73 | 3 | / |
| Safowa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Safaib | 73 | 1 | / |
| Saffow | 73 | 1 | / |
| Safoof | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sasfaw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Caffaf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jaafaf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shafav | 73 | 1 | / |
| Safawh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jaffaf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Schaffaff | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sayfova | 67 | 20 | / |
| Saffova | 67 | 14 | / |
| Saifova | 67 | 10 | / |
| Shafova | 67 | 5 | / |
| Djaafaf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shaffow | 67 | 2 | / |
| Djaffaf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sheffaf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shafouf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shafeif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zahfafe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shafoof | 67 | 1 | / |
Safaf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safaf in the Russian language | ||
| Сафаф | safaf | - |
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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 Safaf
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