Safel Surname
Approximately 323 people bear this surname
Safel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 103 | 1:513,996 | 33,942 |
| Northern Cyprus | 63 | 1:5,064 | 1,002 |
| Turkey | 52 | 1:1,496,566 | 58,441 |
| Indonesia | 46 | 1:2,874,982 | 163,265 |
| Argentina | 19 | 1:2,249,653 | 107,269 |
| Pakistan | 16 | 1:11,165,243 | 51,703 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Safel (84) may also be a first name.
Safel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Safel (Bengali: সফেল, Hindi: सफेल) is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Safel.
How Common Is The Last Name Safel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 847,909th most frequently occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 22,562,062 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 36 percent of Safel live; 32 percent live in East Africa and 32 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,046,220th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 84 people.
The surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 513,996. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mbeya Region, where 100 percent live. Excluding Tanzania Safel exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 20 percent live and Turkey, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Safel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safel in the Bengali language | ||
| সফেল | saphela | - |
| Safel in the Hindi language | ||
| सफेल | saphela | - |
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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 Safel
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