Saffa Surname
Approximately 21,761 people bear this surname
Saffa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | 19,850 | 1:357 | 63 |
| Algeria | 579 | 1:66,721 | 10,929 |
| United States | 319 | 1:1,136,235 | 81,718 |
| Liberia | 297 | 1:14,844 | 1,551 |
| Pakistan | 262 | 1:681,847 | 10,375 |
| Cameroon | 111 | 1:187,109 | 19,561 |
| Indonesia | 64 | 1:2,066,394 | 128,621 |
| England | 55 | 1:1,013,056 | 50,089 |
| South Africa | 39 | 1:1,389,172 | 74,222 |
| Benin | 38 | 1:271,990 | 23,227 |
| Chile | 27 | 1:652,462 | 15,367 |
| Malaysia | 20 | 1:1,474,711 | 61,770 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
The alternate forms: Šaffa (70) are calculated separately.
Saffa (13,869) may also be a first name.
Saffa Demographics
Average Saffa Salary in
United States
$47,778 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Saffa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saffa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Saffa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻔﺎ, Russian: Саффа) is found most in Sierra Leone. It may occur in the variant forms: Šaffa. For other potential spellings of Saffa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Saffa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 24,810th most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 334,890 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Saffa are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Saffa is also the 48,946th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 13,869 people.
The last name Saffa is most commonly used in Sierra Leone, where it is borne by 19,850 people, or 1 in 357. Not including Sierra Leone this surname exists in 41 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Saffa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Saffa has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 2,750 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Saffa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Saffa surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 71.43% being registered with the political party.
The amount Saffa earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 8.53% more than the national average, earning R 257,916 per year and in United States they earn 10.73% more than the national average, earning $47,778 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Saffa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Saffa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻔﺎ | sfa | - |
| Saffa in the Russian language | ||
| Саффа | saffa | - |
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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 Saffa
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