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 more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Safang? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,428,594th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Safang reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 148 people, or 1 in 140,332. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 45 percent are found, Centre Region, where 32 percent are found and West Region, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found 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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