Safaru Surname

860,770th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 316 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Safaru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Safaru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2601:681,31831,645
India311:24,744,045333,161
France161:4,151,420237,746
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Safaru (423) may also be a first name.

Safaru Last Name Facts

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

The surname Safaru (Hindi: सफरू, Marathi: सफरु) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Safaru? popularity and diffusion

The surname Safaru is the 860,770th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 23,061,854 people. The surname Safaru is primarily found in Africa, where 82 percent of Safaru live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 417,739th most frequently occurring forename in the world It is held by 423 people.

The last name Safaru is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 260 people, or 1 in 681,318. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ogun, where 66 percent are found, Lagos, where 25 percent are found and Zamfara, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 10 percent are found and France, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Safaru Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Safaru in the Marathi language
सफरुsapharu87.5
सफरूsapharu12.5
Safaru in the Hindi language
सफरूsapharu84.62
सफारुsapharu7.69
सफारूsapharu7.69

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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 Safaru
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