Safawati Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Safawati Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Safawati Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071

Safawati (172) may also be a first name.

Safawati Last Name Facts

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

The last name Safawati is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Safawati? popularity and diffusion

Safawati is the 4,772,636th most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Safawati reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 100 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 696,764th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 172 people.

The surname Safawati is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 2,949,422. In Malaysia it is most prevalent in: Johor, where 40 percent are found, Selangor, where 40 percent are found and Kedah, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Malaysia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 41 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shafawati9411/
Sayfawati941/
Saffawati941/
Shaffawati891/
Sofawati8844/
Safavati881/
Shofawati8211/
Safavata7578/
Safhavata711/
Saphavathi671/
Sofowote5039/

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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 Safawati
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