Safah Surname
Approximately 734 people bear this surname
Safah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 211 | 1:626,773 | 49,479 |
| Nigeria | 179 | 1:989,624 | 41,927 |
| Algeria | 86 | 1:449,204 | 35,752 |
| Iran | 73 | 1:1,051,815 | 47,741 |
| United States | 59 | 1:6,143,372 | 295,589 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| Yemen | 15 | 1:1,761,686 | 12,726 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Lebanon | 8 | 1:704,635 | 14,756 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Safah (341) may also be a first name.
Safah Demographics
Average Safah Salary in
United States
$35,644 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Safah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Safah (Arabic: صفاه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻔﺎﺡ, Hindi: सफाह, Marathi: सफाह) occurs most in Indonesia. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Safah.
How Common Is The Last Name Safah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 460,168th most frequently held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 9,928,537 people. Safah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 48 percent of Safah live; 28 percent live in Southeast Asia and 28 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Safah is also the 472,872nd most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 341 people.
The surname is most common in Indonesia, where it is borne by 211 people, or 1 in 626,773. In Indonesia Safah is primarily found in: East Java, where 49 percent are found, West Kalimantan, where 32 percent are found and South Sulawesi, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Indonesia this last name is found in 26 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 24 percent are found and Algeria, where 12 percent are found.
Safah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Safah surname is principally Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Safah are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Safah earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 17.39% less than the national average, earning $35,644 USD per year and in Canada they earn 64.28% more than the national average, earning $81,620 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Safah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safah in the Marathi language | ||
| सफाह | saphaha | 72.73 |
| सफ़ाह | safaha | 18.18 |
| सफह | saphaha | 9.09 |
| Safah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻔﺎﺡ | sfah | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﻔﺎﺡ | alsfah | 50 |
| Safah in the Hindi language | ||
| सफाह | saphaha | 50 |
| सफह | saphaha | 50 |
| Safah in the Arabic language | ||
| صفاه | sfah | - |
| سعفه | sfh | - |
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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 Safah
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