Safawa Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Safawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
Safawa (39) may also be a first name.
Safawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Safawa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Safawa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Safawa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 39 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Safawa is most numerous in: Zamfara, where 71 percent reside, Kebbi, where 14 percent reside and Sokoto, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 22 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safawai | 92 | 5 | / |
| Sawfawa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Safawi | 83 | 2,979 | / |
| Sefawa | 83 | 64 | / |
| Safawo | 83 | 26 | / |
| Safawe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Safowa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Safaba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Safewa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Safawy | 83 | 1 | / |
| Shahfawad | 80 | 1 | / |
| Safaeva | 77 | 2,003 | / |
| Safavat | 77 | 515 | / |
| Shafawi | 77 | 248 | / |
| Saphawa | 77 | 15 | / |
| Safowaa | 77 | 9 | / |
| Safowat | 77 | 4 | / |
| Safeway | 77 | 4 | / |
| Saffawi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Safawee | 77 | 2 | / |
| Shafewa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Safawui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shafawe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Safowah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shafawy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shafaba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sayfawi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Soufawa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Safouwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Safavai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shafaeva | 71 | 15 | / |
| Shafawee | 71 | 13 | / |
| Shahfawi | 71 | 10 | / |
| Shafawie | 71 | 3 | / |
| Safowaah | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sayfaeva | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sapfaeva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shaffawi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Safavi | 67 | 19,237 | / |
| Sofawi | 67 | 68 | / |
| Safavy | 67 | 13 | / |
| Safeva | 67 | 6 | / |
| Safabi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Safova | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sofowa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jafava | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sofaba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Safewo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Safabo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Safoba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Safhavath | 67 | 1 | / |
| Safaavath | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sofewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shafahaba | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Safawa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis