Safavat Surname

602,749th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 515 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Safavat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Safavat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India5141:1,492,34556,242
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Safavat (131) may also be a first name.

Safavat Last Name Facts

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

The last name Safavat (Hindi: सफावत, Marathi: सफावट) has its highest incidence in India. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Safavat? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 602,749th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 14,150,575 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Safavat live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 811,108th most commonly held forename at a global level, borne by 131 people.

This last name is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 514 people, or 1 in 1,492,345. In India it is most common in: Telangana, where 70 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 29 percent live and Maharashtra, where 0 percent live. Excluding India this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Iran, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Safavath9377/
Safhavath881/
Safaavath881/
Safawat864/
Jafavat861/
Sefavat861/
Safavai861/
Saphavat809/
Shafawat802/
Safawa779/
Safova773/
Safaba771/
Saphavath7523/
Safoovath751/
Sayfova7120/
Saffova7114/
Saifova7110/
Safowaa719/
Safawai715/
Shafova715/
Safowat714/
Safoova712/
Safovah711/
Shahafavad711/
Shafaba711/
Schzzafava711/
Sawfawa711/
Safeiva711/
Safavood678/
Saifabad672/
Safowaah672/
Chafeava671/

Safavat Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Safavat in the Hindi language
सफावतsaphavata87.5
सफ़ावतsafavata12.5
Safavat in the Marathi language
सफावटsaphavata44.44
सफावतsaphavata22.22
सफवतsaphavata22.22
सफावातsaphavata11.11

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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 Safavat
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis