Safan Surname
Approximately 4,336 people bear this surname
Safan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 2,776 | 1:33,118 | 3,521 |
| Sri Lanka | 585 | 1:35,570 | 4,375 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Indonesia | 269 | 1:491,633 | 40,334 |
| Israel | 125 | 1:68,461 | 8,502 |
| India | 58 | 1:13,225,265 | 229,403 |
| Pakistan | 39 | 1:4,580,612 | 30,982 |
| Afghanistan | 35 | 1:918,662 | 9,049 |
| United States | 29 | 1:12,498,584 | 473,286 |
| Iran | 24 | 1:3,199,272 | 94,565 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
The alternate forms: Safán (1) are calculated separately.
Safan (779) may also be a first name.
Safan Demographics
Average Safan Salary in
United States
$34,964 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Safan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Safan (Arabic: صفان, Bengali: সাফান, Hindi: सफान, Marathi: सफान) is found in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Safán. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Safan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 107,597th most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,680,707 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 65 percent of Safan are found; 64 percent are found in North Africa and 64 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Safan is also the 293,989th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 779 people.
It is most numerous in Egypt, where it is borne by 2,776 people, or 1 in 33,118. Apart from Egypt this surname occurs in 35 countries. It is also found in Sri Lanka, where 13 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 6 percent reside.
Safan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Safan surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.
Safan earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.97% less than the national average, earning $34,964 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Safan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safan in the Bengali language | ||
| সাফান | saphana | - |
| Safan in the Hindi language | ||
| सफान | saphana | 57.89 |
| सफन | saphana | 34.21 |
| साफान | saphana | 7.89 |
| Safan in the Marathi language | ||
| सफान | saphana | 53.19 |
| सफन | saphana | 40.43 |
| सफाण | saphana | 2.13 |
| सुलतान | sulatana | 2.13 |
| साफान | saphana | 2.13 |
| Safan in the Arabic language | ||
| صفان | sfan | - |
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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 Safan
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