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 last name Saffana (Hindi: सफ्फाना) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Saffana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,091,648th most commonly held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. The last name Saffana is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Saffana are found; 62 percent are found in Central Africa and 60 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Saffana is also the 1,068,082nd most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 81 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 415,381. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 96 percent are found and East Region, where 4 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The Maldives, where 28 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.
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
- 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 Saffana
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