Safed Surname
Approximately 306 people bear this surname
Safed Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 256 | 1:299,932 | 21,236 |
| India | 31 | 1:24,744,045 | 333,161 |
| Bulgaria | 8 | 1:872,363 | 31,900 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Safed (2,296) may also be a first name.
Safed Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safed Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Safed (Arabic: صفد, Hindi: सफेद, Marathi: सफेद, Oriya: ସେଫଦ) occurs in Iran more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Safed click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Safed? popularity and diffusion
The surname Safed is the 881,213th most commonly held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 23,815,510 people. Safed occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Safed are found; 94 percent are found in South Asia and 87 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 155,592nd most frequent given name on earth, borne by 2,296 people.
The surname Safed is most commonly used in Iran, where it is borne by 256 people, or 1 in 299,932. In Iran Safed is primarily concentrated in: Lorestan Province, where 20 percent reside, Tehran Province, where 18 percent reside and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 18 percent reside. Excluding Iran this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in India, where 10 percent reside and Bulgaria, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Safed Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safed in the Oriya language | ||
| ସେଫଦ | sephada | - |
| Safed in the Hindi language | ||
| सफेद | sapheda | 77.05 |
| साफेद | sapheda | 21.31 |
| साफ़ेद | safeda | 1.64 |
| Safed in the Marathi language | ||
| सफेद | sapheda | 62.5 |
| साफेद | sapheda | 25 |
| साफ़ेद | safeda | 12.5 |
| Safed in the Arabic language | ||
| صفد | sfd | - |
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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 Safed
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