Safaoui Surname

1,118,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 217 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Safaoui Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Safaoui Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco1701:202,80134,956
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Mauritania31:1,364,95427,355
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
France21:33,211,361423,184
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Safaoui Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Safaoui Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Safaoui (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﺎﻓﻮﻱ) is carried by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Safaoui? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,118,459th most prevalent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 33,583,161 people. Safaoui occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Safaoui are found; 79 percent are found in North Africa and 79 percent are found in Mahgreb.

The surname is most numerous in Morocco, where it is carried by 170 people, or 1 in 202,801. Other than Morocco this surname occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.

Safaoui Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Safaoui last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

Safaoui earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.35% less than the national average, earning $38,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sayfaoui939/
Saifaoui939/
Saffaoui932/
Zafaoui866/
Chafaoui80294/
Soufaoui80138/
Zaafaoui804/
Soifaoui801/
Zaffaoui801/
Safaoe7739/
Chaifaoui75186/
Chafaaoui754/
Chaffaoui751/
Shafaoe717/
Safaeei712/
Saffaoye6711/
Shafaeei671/
Choufaoui63169/
Chouffaoui591/
Shafaeeee501/

Safaoui Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Safaoui in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺻﺎﻓﻮﻱsafwy-

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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 Safaoui
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