Saffawi Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Sweden

Saffawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Saffawi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Saffawi (6) may also be a first name.

Saffawi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Saffawi Come From? nationality or country of origin

Saffawi is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Saffawi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Saffawi is the 10,311,814th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Saffawi is predominantly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Saffawi are found; 67 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 67 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 4,967,096th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 6 people.

The last name Saffawi is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 132,249,194. In Indonesia it is most common in: Aceh, where 100 percent live. Not including Indonesia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 33 percent live and Sweden, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shaffawi931/
Safawi922,979/
Shafawi86248/
Soffawi869/
Safawai865/
Safawui861/
Sayfawi861/
Shahfawi8010/
Shafawie803/
Safavi7719,237/
Sofawi7768/
Safawa779/
Sefawi779/
Zafawi776/
Safabi775/
Safawe772/
Safawy771/
Safavid71302/
Shafavi71174/
Shofawi7125/
Sofaawi7114/
Shafabi715/
Safawee712/
Shafawy711/
Shafawe711/
Shefawi711/
Safavai711/
Sawfawa711/
Safavit711/
Saifabi711/
Safavieh671,219/
Shafawee6713/
Saffaoue677/
Safavihe671/
Safoubai671/
Shoufawi671/

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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 Saffawi
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