Safara Surname
Approximately 1,506 people bear this surname
Safara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 655 | 1:270,447 | 15,411 |
| Indonesia | 364 | 1:363,322 | 31,291 |
| Portugal | 283 | 1:36,814 | 2,219 |
| United States | 48 | 1:7,551,228 | 341,161 |
| India | 34 | 1:22,560,747 | 316,052 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Niger | 20 | 1:959,601 | 21,357 |
| Iran | 12 | 1:6,398,544 | 138,820 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Safara (7,921) may also be a first name.
Safara Demographics
Safara Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Safara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Safara (Bengali: সাফারা, Hindi: सफरा, Marathi: सफरा, Russian: Сафара) is found most in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Safara? popularity and diffusion
The surname Safara is the 260,746th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 4,839,008 people. The surname Safara occurs mostly in Africa, where 48 percent of Safara are found; 46 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 71,551st most common first name at a global level It is held by 7,921 people.
The last name Safara is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 655 people, or 1 in 270,447. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Zamfara, where 60 percent reside, Kano, where 12 percent reside and Jigawa, where 9 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 29 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 24 percent reside and Portugal, where 19 percent reside.
Safara Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Safara surname is chiefly Muslim (91%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Safara surname are 25.96% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 72.73% registered to vote for the party.
Safara earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.75% more than the national average, earning $46,062 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Safara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safara in the Marathi language | ||
| सफरा | saphara | 81.25 |
| सफारा | saphara | 18.75 |
| Safara in the Hindi language | ||
| सफरा | saphara | 57.89 |
| साफरा | saphara | 15.79 |
| सफारा | saphara | 15.79 |
| साफारा | saphara | 10.53 |
| Safara in the Bengali language | ||
| সাফারা | saphara | 50 |
| সফরা | saphara | 50 |
| Safara in the Russian language | ||
| Сафара | safara | - |
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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 Safara
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