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
Safed (Arabic: صفد, Hindi: सफेद, Marathi: सफेद, Oriya: ସେଫଦ) occurs most in Iran. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Safed? popularity and diffusion
The last name Safed is the 881,213th most frequent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 23,815,510 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Safed reside; 94 percent reside in South Asia and 87 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Safed is also the 155,592nd most commonly held given name globally It is held by 2,296 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is carried by 256 people, or 1 in 299,932. In Iran it is mostly found in: Lorestan Province, where 20 percent live, Tehran Province, where 18 percent live and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 18 percent live. Excluding Iran this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in India, where 10 percent live and Bulgaria, where 3 percent live.
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
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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 Safed
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