Safanah Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Safanah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 134 | 1:986,934 | 72,456 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Safanah (86) may also be a first name.
Safanah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safanah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Safanah (Arabic: سيفانه) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Safanah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,537,949th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Safanah live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Safanah is also the 1,032,266th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 86 people.
The last name Safanah is most common in Indonesia, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 986,934. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: West Java, where 75 percent live, North Sumatra, where 20 percent live and Central Java, where 4 percent live. Not including Indonesia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Safanah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safanah in the Arabic language | ||
| سيفانه | syfanh | - |
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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 Safanah
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