Saffia Surname
Approximately 5,979 people bear this surname
Saffia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 5,926 | 1:30,146 | 1,500 |
| Algeria | 15 | 1:2,575,437 | 44,639 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Saffia (250,681) may also be a first name.
Saffia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saffia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Saffia (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻔﻴﺔ, Hindi: साफिया) occurs in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Saffia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 81,273rd most frequent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,218,857 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Saffia are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 4,190th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 250,681 people.
The last name Saffia is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is held by 5,926 people, or 1 in 30,146. In Pakistan it is primarily concentrated in: Punjab, where 47 percent are found, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 18 percent are found and Sindh, where 18 percent are found. Excluding Pakistan Saffia is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 0 percent are found and Liberia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Saffia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Saffia in the Hindi language | ||
| साफिया | saphiya | - |
| Saffia in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻔﻴﺔ | sfyt | 50 |
| ﺻﻔﻰ | sfy | 50 |
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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 Saffia
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