Safana Surname
Approximately 596 people bear this surname
Safana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 203 | 1:102,311 | 12,070 |
| India | 85 | 1:9,024,299 | 181,432 |
| Indonesia | 79 | 1:1,674,040 | 109,461 |
| Burkina Faso | 66 | 1:278,062 | 5,159 |
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Maldives | 10 | 1:40,417 | 2,132 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Safana (6,464) may also be a first name.
Safana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Safana (Bengali: ছাফানা, Hindi: सफाना, Marathi: सफाना, Oriya: ସାଫାନ) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Safana? popularity and diffusion
The last name Safana is the 539,451st most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 12,227,426 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Safana are found; 37 percent are found in Central Africa and 37 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Safana is also the 81,701st most common forename internationally, held by 6,464 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 203 people, or 1 in 102,311. In Cameroon Safana is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 81 percent reside, East Region, where 11 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 5 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this last name occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent reside and Indonesia, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Safana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safana in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାଫାନ | saphana | - |
| Safana in the Hindi language | ||
| सफाना | saphana | 96.05 |
| साफाना | saphana | 1.32 |
| सफ़ाना | safana | 1.32 |
| Safana in the Marathi language | ||
| सफाना | saphana | 69.05 |
| सफना | saphana | 11.9 |
| साफाना | saphana | 7.14 |
| सपना | sapana | 4.76 |
| सफ़फ़ाना | safafana | 2.38 |
| शफाना | saphana | 2.38 |
| सफान | saphana | 2.38 |
| Safana in the Bengali language | ||
| ছাফানা | chaphana | 50 |
| সফনা | saphana | 50 |
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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 Safana
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