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 most in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Safau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Safau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,434,893rd most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Safau live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 374,142nd most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 511 people.
The surname Safau is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 1,312,169. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 36 percent reside, Ogun, where 30 percent reside and Niger, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Safau is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 5 percent reside and The Maldives, where 5 percent reside.
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
- 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 Safau
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