Safai Surname
Approximately 7,225 people bear this surname
Safai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 6,120 | 1:12,546 | 1,680 |
| Thailand | 244 | 1:289,501 | 49,813 |
| United States | 236 | 1:1,535,843 | 104,072 |
| India | 122 | 1:6,287,421 | 144,905 |
| Afghanistan | 92 | 1:349,491 | 5,232 |
| Indonesia | 85 | 1:1,555,873 | 103,724 |
| Papua New Guinea | 62 | 1:131,512 | 18,033 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Sweden | 30 | 1:328,225 | 22,987 |
| Malaysia | 26 | 1:1,134,393 | 49,681 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| Austria | 15 | 1:567,696 | 52,281 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Algeria | 11 | 1:3,511,959 | 46,373 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Azerbaijan | 8 | 1:1,206,140 | 16,795 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
The alternate forms: Şafai (1) are calculated separately.
Safai (1,006) may also be a first name.
Safai Demographics
Average Safai Salary in
United States
$65,938 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Safai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Safai (Bengali: সফাই, Hindi: सफाई, Marathi: सफई, Oriya: ସଫାଇ) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Şafai. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Safai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 68,717th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,008,657 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Safai live; 88 percent live in South Asia and 86 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Safai is also the 253,646th most widely held first name on earth It is held by 1,006 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Iran, where it is borne by 6,120 people, or 1 in 12,546. In Iran it is most numerous in: Tehran Province, where 19 percent are found, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 14 percent are found and Isfahan Province, where 9 percent are found. Other than Iran Safai is found in 44 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Safai Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Safai surname are 7.79% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 61.02% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Safai earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 52.81% more than the national average, earning $65,938 USD per year and in Canada they earn 72.32% more than the national average, earning $85,616 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Safai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safai in the Oriya language | ||
| ସଫାଇ | sapha'i | - |
| Safai in the Marathi language | ||
| सफई | sapha'i | 75 |
| सफाई | sapha'i | 15.18 |
| सफइ | sapha'i | 3.57 |
| सफ़ई | safa'i | 1.79 |
| सफै | saphai | 0.89 |
| Safai in the Bengali language | ||
| সফাই | sapha'i | 66.67 |
| সফই | sapha'i | 33.33 |
| Safai in the Hindi language | ||
| सफाई | sapha'i | 39.02 |
| सफई | sapha'i | 36.59 |
| सफै | saphai | 12.2 |
| सफाी | saphai | 4.88 |
| सफाि | saphai | 2.44 |
| साफाी | saphai | 2.44 |
| सफवी | saphavi | 2.44 |
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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 Safai
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