Safas Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Safas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Safas (57) may also be a first name.
Safas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Safas (Marathi: सफास) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Safas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,689,253rd most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name Safas is mostly found in Asia, where 87 percent of Safas reside; 52 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 52 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,308,380th most frequently occurring forename globally It is held by 57 people.
The last name Safas is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 4,898,118. In Indonesia Safas is mostly concentrated in: Riau, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Indonesia it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 17 percent are found and Iran, where 15 percent are found.
Safas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Safas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Safas surname decreased 70 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Safas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safas in the Marathi language | ||
| सफास | saphasa | - |
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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 Safas
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