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
Safaf (Russian: Сафаф) occurs in Saudi Arabia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Safaf.
How Common Is The Last Name Safaf? popularity and diffusion
The surname Safaf is the 650,013th most frequently held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 15,672,142 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Safaf live; 95 percent live in West Asia and 63 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 625,736th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 209 people.
The surname Safaf is most frequently held in Saudi Arabia, where it is carried by 278 people, or 1 in 110,992. Excluding Saudi Arabia this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 23 percent live and Syria, where 7 percent live.
Safaf Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly 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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