Safau Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Safau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 135 | 1:1,312,169 | 51,890 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Maldives | 7 | 1:57,739 | 2,642 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Safau (511) may also be a first name.
Safau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Safau (Hindi: सफाउ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Safau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,434,893rd most widespread family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Safau reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 374,142nd most commonly occurring forename at a global level. It is borne by 511 people.
Safau is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 1,312,169. In Nigeria Safau is most frequent in: Lagos, where 36 percent live, Ogun, where 30 percent live and Niger, where 13 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 5 percent live and The Maldives, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Safau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safau in the Hindi language | ||
| सफाउ | sapha'u | 80 |
| सफाऊ | sapha'u | 20 |
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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 Safau
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