Safer Surname
Approximately 5,295 people bear this surname
Safer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2,030 | 1:19,030 | 3,488 |
| United States | 729 | 1:497,200 | 41,845 |
| Iran | 540 | 1:142,190 | 12,708 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| France | 283 | 1:234,709 | 36,380 |
| Turkey | 281 | 1:276,945 | 18,577 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Pakistan | 157 | 1:1,137,859 | 13,974 |
| Austria | 107 | 1:79,584 | 11,967 |
| Indonesia | 47 | 1:2,813,813 | 160,835 |
| India | 38 | 1:20,185,931 | 296,209 |
| Greece | 36 | 1:307,772 | 44,531 |
| Canada | 28 | 1:1,315,914 | 92,927 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| Northern Cyprus | 27 | 1:11,815 | 3,048 |
| Belgium | 19 | 1:605,087 | 54,956 |
| Uruguay | 12 | 1:285,980 | 20,148 |
| Moldova | 11 | 1:323,761 | 25,884 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Tunisia | 8 | 1:76,328 | 12,820 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 43 | 1:1,167,876 | 66,381 |
The alternate forms: Šafer (149), Sáfer (2) & Šáfer (4) are calculated separately.
Safer (2,738) may also be a first name.
Safer Demographics
Average Safer Salary in
United States
$52,488 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Safer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Safer (Arabic: صافر, Bengali: সফের, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺼﻔﺮ, Hindi: सफेर, Marathi: सफेर) is more frequently found in Algeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Šafer, Sáfer or Šáfer. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Safer? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 90,517th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,376,307 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 49 percent of Safer reside; 49 percent reside in North Africa and 44 percent reside in Mahgreb. Safer is also the 139,724th most widely held forename worldwide It is held by 2,738 people.
Safer is most widespread in Algeria, where it is held by 2,030 people, or 1 in 19,030. In Algeria Safer is primarily found in: Chlef Province, where 21 percent live, Algiers Province, where 18 percent live and Tiaret Province, where 15 percent live. Other than Algeria this surname occurs in 68 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent live and Iran, where 10 percent live.
Safer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Safer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Safer surname expanded 1,695 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 2,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Safer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Safer last name are 17.11% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 70.34% registered with the party.
The amount Safer earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 35.62% more than the national average, earning 469,361 kr per year; in Peru they earn 61.67% less than the national average, earning S/. 7,430 per year; in United States they earn 21.64% more than the national average, earning $52,488 USD per year and in Canada they earn 44.99% more than the national average, earning $72,035 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Safer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safer in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺼﻔﺮ | alsfr | - |
| Safer in the Hindi language | ||
| सफेर | saphera | 87.5 |
| सफॅर | saphera | 12.5 |
| Safer in the Bengali language | ||
| সফের | saphera | 83.33 |
| সাফের | saphera | 16.67 |
| Safer in the Marathi language | ||
| सफेर | saphera | 68.42 |
| साफेर | saphera | 15.79 |
| सफेर् | sapher | 10.53 |
| सफ़र | safara | 5.26 |
| Safer in the Arabic language | ||
| صافر | safr | - |
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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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- 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 Safer
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