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
Average Safara Salary in
United States
$46,062 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Safara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Safara (Bengali: সাফারা, Hindi: सफरा, Marathi: सफरा, Russian: Сафара) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Safara? popularity and diffusion
The last name Safara is the 260,746th most numerous last name on earth, held by around 1 in 4,839,008 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 48 percent of Safara reside; 46 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Safara is also the 71,551st most commonly occurring forename on earth It is held by 7,921 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 655 people, or 1 in 270,447. In Nigeria Safara is most frequent in: Zamfara, where 60 percent are found, Kano, where 12 percent are found and Jigawa, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 29 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 24 percent are found and Portugal, where 19 percent are found.
Safara Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Muslim (91%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Safara surname are 25.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party 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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