Safang Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Safang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 148 | 1:140,332 | 15,641 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Safang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Safang is found most in Cameroon. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Safang? popularity and diffusion
The surname Safang is the 1,428,594th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. The surname Safang occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Safang live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Safang is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 148 people, or 1 in 140,332. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 45 percent are found, Centre Region, where 32 percent are found and West Region, where 20 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 1 percent are found and Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Safang
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