Safeya Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Safeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Safeya (2,821) may also be a first name.
Safeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Safeya (Bengali: সাফেয়া, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻔﻴﺔ, Hindi: सफेया, Marathi: साफेया, Oriya: ସାେଫୟା) is most common in Pakistan. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Safeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Safeya is the 4,307,654th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname Safeya occurs predominantly in Asia, where 67 percent of Safeya live; 67 percent live in South Asia and 52 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 137,222nd most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 2,821 people.
Safeya is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 17,864,388. In Pakistan Safeya is primarily found in: Sindh, where 90 percent reside and Punjab, where 10 percent reside. Beside Pakistan this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 19 percent reside and India, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Safeya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safeya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻔﻴﺔ | sfyt | - |
| Safeya in the Bengali language | ||
| সাফেয়া | sapheya | - |
| Safeya in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାେଫୟା | saephaya | - |
| Safeya in the Marathi language | ||
| साफेया | sapheya | 60 |
| सफेया | sapheya | 40 |
| Safeya in the Hindi language | ||
| सफेया | sapheya | 47.06 |
| साफेया | sapheya | 41.18 |
| साफीया | saphiya | 5.88 |
| साफिया | saphiya | 5.88 |
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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 Safeya
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