Safeli Surname
Approximately 1,150 people bear this surname
Safeli Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 945 | 1:16,772 | 1,878 |
| Indonesia | 78 | 1:1,695,502 | 110,645 |
| Tanzania | 53 | 1:998,898 | 45,319 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Iran | 19 | 1:4,041,185 | 108,332 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Safeli (1,592) may also be a first name.
Safeli Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safeli Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Safeli (Hindi: सफेली) occurs in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Safeli? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 324,001st most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,336,996 people. Safeli is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Safeli are found; 82 percent are found in Southern Africa and 82 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Safeli is also the 193,745th most commonly occurring forename on earth It is held by 1,592 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is borne by 945 people, or 1 in 16,772. In Zambia Safeli is mostly concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 31 percent live, Northern Province, where 23 percent live and Luapula Province, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 7 percent live and Tanzania, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Safeli Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safeli in the Hindi language | ||
| सफेली | sapheli | - |
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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 Safeli
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