Safawai Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Safawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Safawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Safawai occurs most in Malaysia. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Safawai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 80 percent of Safawai live; 80 percent live in Southeast Asia and 80 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The last name is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 7,373,556. In Malaysia Safawai is mostly found in: Terengganu, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Malaysia Safawai exists in one country. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safawi | 92 | 2,979 | / |
| Safawa | 92 | 9 | / |
| Shafawi | 86 | 248 | / |
| Saffawi | 86 | 3 | / |
| Safawui | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sayfawi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Safavai | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sawfawa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Safawiya | 80 | 14 | / |
| Shahfawi | 80 | 10 | / |
| Shafawie | 80 | 3 | / |
| Shaffawi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Safavi | 77 | 19,237 | / |
| Sofawi | 77 | 68 | / |
| Sefawa | 77 | 64 | / |
| Sefawi | 77 | 9 | / |
| Zafawi | 77 | 6 | / |
| Safabi | 77 | 5 | / |
| Safawe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Safowa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Safawy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Safewa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Safaba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shahfawad | 75 | 1 | / |
| Saffawuya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Safaeva | 71 | 2,003 | / |
| Safavat | 71 | 515 | / |
| Safavid | 71 | 302 | / |
| Shafavi | 71 | 174 | / |
| Shofawi | 71 | 25 | / |
| Saphawa | 71 | 15 | / |
| Sofaawi | 71 | 14 | / |
| Soffawi | 71 | 9 | / |
| Safowaa | 71 | 9 | / |
| Shafabi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Safowat | 71 | 4 | / |
| Safeway | 71 | 4 | / |
| Safawee | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shafewa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shafawe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saifabi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Safavit | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shafaba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Soufawa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Safouwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shefawi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Safowah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Safawye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shafawy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Safavieh | 67 | 1,219 | / |
| Shafaeva | 67 | 15 | / |
| Shafawee | 67 | 13 | / |
| Safowaah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sayfaeva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Safavihe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Safoubai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shoufawi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sapfaeva | 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 Safawai
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