Safele Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Safele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Safele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran71:10,968,932186,522
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Safele (12) may also be a first name.

Safele Last Name Facts

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

Safele is held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Safele click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Safele? popularity and diffusion

Safele is the 4,532,898th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Safele live; 42 percent live in South Asia and 42 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 12 people.

The last name is most frequent in Iran, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 10,968,932. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Khuzestan Province, where 71 percent reside, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 14 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 14 percent reside. Not including Iran this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 32 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 21 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Satfele9222/
Scafele925/
Safiele923/
Safelle921/
Safeley920/
Safle9115/
Saffelle8692/
Shayfele869/
Sayfelee861/
Shafelet860/
Shaufele860/
Safeli831,150/
Saffle83682/
Sefele83232/
Safale83116/
Safely83111/
Sofele8375/
Safela8366/
Cafele839/
Shafle836/
Zafele831/
Seafle830/
Schaufele80601/
Schaifele809/
Schaefele801/
Schaffele801/
Shaufeler800/
Sefehle77432/
Safieli77338/
Sofelea7794/
Safiely7747/
Safille7733/
Sayfeli7723/
Siofele7719/
Safeela7717/
Scafile778/
Shofele776/
Safetly774/
Saifleh774/
Shafale774/
Safetli772/
Safalle771/
Safeely771/
Saffeil771/
Shafeli771/
Shafely771/
Sofelee771/
Saffale771/
Shafleh771/
Safalea771/
Sefelea771/
Sefiele771/
Sahfile771/
Shafile771/
Shaffle770/
Saifole770/
Saffole770/
Saffely770/
Schauffele75172/
Schaffeler7526/
Schaufelle751/
Schaffeleu751/
Schaffeles750/
Schafheitle7169/
Schaffle7137/
Schafale7128/
Schefele7122/
Shafaleh7122/
Shafeela7114/
Shafalee716/
Shafileh714/
Safiolea712/
Sceufele711/
Sheufele711/
Sheifele711/
Shaffeal711/
Seafiled711/
Sefielie711/
Shafiela711/
Shauffle710/
Seafeild710/
Satfeild710/
Shafalle710/
Safali673,204/
Scheufele671,388/
Sofela671,254/
Scheifele671,190/
Sefole67496/
Cafile67454/
Sefale67447/
Safila67375/
Schaufeli67133/
Safili67127/
Sofile6771/
Schafitel6770/
Zafale6748/
Sefile6740/
Sheiffele6738/
Xafeli6734/
Safail6728/
Soufle679/
Sofale674/
Cafeli674/
Safily674/
Schofiele672/
Safhil671/
Zafela671/
Schauffle671/
Scheffele671/
Schewfele671/
Sheffiele671/
Sheifelle671/
Seifle671/
Shafilett671/
Sofole671/
Jofele671/
Shafeitel671/
Safoly671/
Shafealla671/
Jafeli671/
Jafile671/
Schevfele671/
Soffle670/
Schaufela670/
Schoefele670/

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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 Safele
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