Safi Surname
Approximately 268,287 people bear this surname
Safi Surname User-submission:
The meaning of the Safi surname is 'pure' in Arabic.
Safi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 67,902 | 1:1,088 | 93 |
| India | 43,698 | 1:17,554 | 1,389 |
| Iran | 28,651 | 1:2,680 | 341 |
| Algeria | 12,114 | 1:3,189 | 436 |
| Afghanistan | 10,754 | 1:2,990 | 314 |
| Morocco | 10,428 | 1:3,306 | 298 |
| Iraq | 10,391 | 1:3,370 | 371 |
| Ethiopia | 9,176 | 1:10,631 | 1,583 |
| Sudan | 8,960 | 1:4,186 | 602 |
| Jordan | 8,896 | 1:994 | 145 |
| Bangladesh | 7,570 | 1:21,051 | 1,483 |
| Palestine | 5,701 | 1:798 | 99 |
| Lebanon | 4,453 | 1:1,266 | 232 |
| Pakistan | 3,897 | 1:45,841 | 1,932 |
| Libya | 3,832 | 1:1,629 | 473 |
| Rwanda | 3,101 | 1:3,665 | 908 |
| Egypt | 3,081 | 1:29,840 | 3,243 |
| Chad | 2,792 | 1:4,868 | 752 |
| Indonesia | 2,701 | 1:48,963 | 5,512 |
| Syria | 2,452 | 1:7,872 | 767 |
| Turkey | 1,964 | 1:39,624 | 4,104 |
| United States | 1,660 | 1:218,349 | 21,224 |
| Somalia | 1,519 | 1:8,856 | 653 |
| Burkina Faso | 1,291 | 1:14,215 | 1,132 |
| Kenya | 882 | 1:52,358 | 5,282 |
| United Arab Emirates | 849 | 1:10,792 | 1,347 |
| Uganda | 839 | 1:46,531 | 5,734 |
| Saudi Arabia | 795 | 1:38,812 | 5,622 |
| Nigeria | 716 | 1:247,406 | 14,328 |
| Yemen | 639 | 1:41,354 | 3,547 |
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| Canada | 448 | 1:82,245 | 9,170 |
| Malaysia | 411 | 1:71,762 | 5,196 |
| England | 391 | 1:142,501 | 13,810 |
| Sweden | 344 | 1:28,624 | 2,334 |
| Tanzania | 321 | 1:164,927 | 14,641 |
| Germany | 281 | 1:286,496 | 29,863 |
| Niger | 260 | 1:73,815 | 3,298 |
| Australia | 240 | 1:112,482 | 12,520 |
| Denmark | 230 | 1:24,542 | 2,508 |
| Russia | 210 | 1:686,300 | 58,624 |
| Belgium | 208 | 1:55,272 | 8,954 |
| Kuwait | 202 | 1:18,815 | 2,493 |
| France | 177 | 1:375,270 | 55,761 |
| Cameroon | 171 | 1:121,457 | 13,881 |
| Spain | 154 | 1:303,585 | 18,224 |
| South Africa | 152 | 1:356,432 | 32,570 |
| Netherlands | 142 | 1:118,924 | 18,728 |
| Norway | 127 | 1:40,490 | 5,768 |
| Argentina | 101 | 1:423,202 | 32,207 |
| Hong Kong | 98 | 1:74,852 | 1,406 |
| Solomon Islands | 97 | 1:5,980 | 860 |
| Brazil | 92 | 1:2,326,895 | 71,923 |
| Tunisia | 86 | 1:7,100 | 1,189 |
| Papua New Guinea | 77 | 1:105,892 | 14,318 |
| Kazakhstan | 68 | 1:260,037 | 22,674 |
| Mauritania | 64 | 1:63,982 | 4,428 |
| Austria | 57 | 1:149,394 | 19,936 |
| Qatar | 50 | 1:47,160 | 4,880 |
| Zambia | 47 | 1:337,232 | 18,059 |
| New Zealand | 42 | 1:107,817 | 14,061 |
| Singapore | 39 | 1:141,223 | 6,278 |
| Uzbekistan | 33 | 1:937,247 | 18,607 |
| Mexico | 32 | 1:3,878,944 | 25,867 |
| Paraguay | 32 | 1:226,148 | 4,042 |
| Greece | 31 | 1:357,413 | 49,581 |
| Switzerland | 31 | 1:264,933 | 21,684 |
| Benin | 29 | 1:356,400 | 27,355 |
| Bulgaria | 29 | 1:240,652 | 12,777 |
| Uruguay | 29 | 1:118,336 | 11,141 |
| Finland | 28 | 1:196,311 | 16,703 |
| Venezuela | 28 | 1:1,078,717 | 15,964 |
| Guyana | 19 | 1:40,117 | 3,928 |
| Israel | 17 | 1:503,390 | 37,521 |
| Scotland | 17 | 1:314,930 | 14,413 |
| Hungary | 16 | 1:613,517 | 35,830 |
| Oman | 16 | 1:230,498 | 3,970 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Belarus | 11 | 1:863,733 | 65,346 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Panama | 10 | 1:391,226 | 8,067 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Colombia | 9 | 1:5,308,230 | 18,838 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Ukraine | 9 | 1:5,058,077 | 228,455 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Guinea | 5 | 1:2,366,763 | 1,841 |
| Nepal | 5 | 1:5,696,191 | 13,053 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 1:3,976,462 | 28,589 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Sáfi (93), Šafi (31), Şafi (1) & Šáfi (2) are calculated separately.
Safi (266,072) may also be a first name.
Safi Surname Meaning
Safi Demographics
Safi Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Safi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Safi (Arabic: صفي, Bengali: সফি, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺼﺎﻓﻲ, Hindi: सफी, Marathi: सै, Oriya: ସଫି, Russian: Сафи) occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Sáfi, Šafi, Şafi or Šáfi. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Safi? popularity and diffusion
Safi is the 2,041st most commonly used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 27,163 people. The last name Safi occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Safi reside; 35 percent reside in South Asia and 25 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Safi is also the 3,954th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 266,072 people.
This last name is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 67,902 people, or 1 in 1,088. Outside of The DR Congo it exists in 132 countries. It also occurs in India, where 16 percent are found and Iran, where 11 percent are found.
Safi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Russia, Muslim (67%) in Kenya and Maronite (36%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Safi surname are 5.64% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.41% being registered with the party.
The amount Safi earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 21.77% less than the national average, earning 270,747 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 23.54% more than the national average, earning R 293,580 per year; in Colombia they earn 5.29% more than the national average, earning $23,903,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.22% more than the national average, earning $44,107 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.73% less than the national average, earning $42,864 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Safi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safi in the Hindi language | ||
| सफी | saphi | 95.27 |
| साफी | saphi | 2.63 |
| शफी | saphi | 0.36 |
| सफि | saphi | 0.33 |
| सफ़ी | safi | 0.23 |
| साफ़ी | safi | 0.11 |
| साफि | saphi | 0.08 |
| ़सफी | saphi | 0.08 |
| सफ़ी | safi | 0.06 |
| सफी़ | saphi | 0.02 |
| रफी | raphi | 0.01 |
| ससी | sasi | 0.01 |
| सकी | saki | 0.01 |
| शशि | sasi | 0.01 |
| Safi in the Oriya language | ||
| ସଫି | saphi | 87.29 |
| ସାଫି | saphi | 10.5 |
| ସାଫୀ | saphi | 1.1 |
| ଷଫି | saphi | 0.55 |
| Safi in the Marathi language | ||
| सै | sai | 80 |
| साफ़ी | safi | 13.33 |
| सफ़ी | safi | 6.67 |
| Safi in the Bengali language | ||
| সফি | saphi | 76 |
| সাফি | saphi | 12 |
| সফী | saphi | 8 |
| শাফি | saphi | 4 |
| Safi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺼﺎﻓﻲ | alsafy | 62.5 |
| ﺍﻟﺼﺎﻓﻰ | alsafy | 15.63 |
| ﺻﺎﻓﻲ | safy | 6.25 |
| ﺍﻟﺼﻔﻰ | alsfy | 6.25 |
| ﺻﻔﻰ | sfy | 3.13 |
| ﺳﻔﻲ | sfy | 3.13 |
| ﺻﻔﻲ | sfy | 3.13 |
| Safi in the Russian language | ||
| Сафи | safi | - |
| Safi in the Arabic language | ||
| صفي | sfy | - |
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