Safaye Surname
Approximately 677 people bear this surname
Safaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 599 | 1:128,185 | 11,764 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Safaye (989) may also be a first name.
Safaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Safaye (Arabic: صفايه) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Safaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 489,550th most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 10,764,470 people. Safaye is mostly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Safaye live; 88 percent live in South Asia and 88 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 256,075th most frequently held forename on earth, held by 989 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is carried by 599 people, or 1 in 128,185. In Iran Safaye is most prevalent in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 17 percent are found, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, where 14 percent are found and Tehran Province, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Iran Safaye exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 7 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Safaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safaye in the Arabic language | ||
| صفايه | sfayh | - |
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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 Safaye
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