Safayi Surname
Approximately 1,096 people bear this surname
Safayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,075 | 1:71,426 | 7,450 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Safâyi (1) are calculated separately.
Safayi (41) may also be a first name.
Safayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Safayi (Hindi: सफायी, Marathi: सफयी) is found most frequently in Iran. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Safâyi. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Safayi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Safayi is the 336,335th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 6,649,221 people. The last name Safayi occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Safayi are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Safayi is also the 1,590,275th most prevalent forename in the world, borne by 41 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Iran, where it is carried by 1,075 people, or 1 in 71,426. In Iran Safayi is most frequent in: Tehran Province, where 19 percent are found, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 12 percent are found and Mazandaran Province, where 11 percent are found. Besides Iran it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Safayi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safayi in the Hindi language | ||
| सफायी | saphayi | - |
| Safayi in the Marathi language | ||
| सफयी | saphayi | 66.67 |
| सफायी | saphayi | 33.33 |
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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
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- 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 Safayi
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