Safd Surname

912,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 291 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Safd Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Safd Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan1721:1,038,62713,265
Iran771:997,17646,104
Afghanistan351:918,6629,049
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Safd (105) may also be a first name.

Safd Last Name Facts

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

Safd is borne by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Safd? popularity and diffusion

Safd is the 912,827th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 25,043,113 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Safd live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Safd is also the 920,134th most common first name world-wide, held by 105 people.

The surname Safd is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 172 people, or 1 in 1,038,627. In Pakistan Safd is most frequent in: Punjab, where 95 percent are found, Sindh, where 2 percent are found and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Pakistan Safd is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 26 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 12 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Saifd892/
Saafd891/
Safdz891/
Safds891/
Shaifd802/
Sawd7535/
Cafd754/
Sofd752/
Jafd751/
Saheefd733/
Shawd67128/
Saawd671/
Sawwd671/
Seifd671/
Sauwd671/
Sahwd671/
Soufd671/
Sofdh671/
Sawdh671/

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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 Safd
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