Saffana Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Saffana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 50 | 1:415,381 | 35,427 |
| Maldives | 23 | 1:17,573 | 1,201 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Saffana (81) may also be a first name.
Saffana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saffana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Saffana (Hindi: सफ्फाना) is found most in Cameroon. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Saffana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,091,648th most commonly used last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Saffana live; 62 percent live in Central Africa and 60 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Saffana is also the 1,068,082nd most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 81 people.
The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 415,381. In Cameroon Saffana is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 96 percent live and East Region, where 4 percent live. Besides Cameroon Saffana occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Maldives, where 28 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Saffana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Saffana in the Hindi language | ||
| सफ्फाना | saphphana | 80 |
| सफफाना | saphaphana | 20 |
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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 Saffana
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