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
The surname Safang is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Safang click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Safang? popularity and diffusion
Safang is the 1,428,594th most frequently used last name globally, held by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. It 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 commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 140,332. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 45 percent are found, Centre Region, where 32 percent are found and West Region, where 20 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon Safang exists 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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