Safiar Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Safiar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 4 | 1:19,195,631 | 219,601 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Safiar (1,066) may also be a first name.
Safiar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safiar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Safiar (Hindi: सफिार, Marathi: सािफयार) occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Safiar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most widespread surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 75 percent of Safiar live; 75 percent live in South Asia and 63 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 245,025th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 1,066 people.
The surname is most common in Iran, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 19,195,631. In Iran Safiar is mostly found in: East Azerbaijan Province, where 25 percent live, Tehran Province, where 25 percent live and West Azerbaijan Province, where 25 percent live. Outside of Iran this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 13 percent live and India, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saffiar | 92 | 15 | / |
| Safiard | 92 | 10 | / |
| Sahfiar | 92 | 4 | / |
| Shafiar | 92 | 2 | / |
| Shaffiar | 86 | 6 | / |
| Sofiar | 83 | 98 | / |
| Safear | 83 | 9 | / |
| Jafiar | 83 | 5 | / |
| Safyar | 83 | 4 | / |
| Zafiar | 83 | 2 | / |
| Safior | 83 | 1 | / |
| Safiarova | 80 | 1 | / |
| Seifiar | 77 | 8 | / |
| Shafior | 77 | 1 | / |
| Soufiar | 77 | 1 | / |
| Schafear | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sofyar | 67 | 61 | / |
| Sofior | 67 | 15 | / |
| Safyarova | 67 | 13 | / |
| Jafear | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zafear | 67 | 2 | / |
| Safeor | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zofiar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sofiarova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sofear | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zhafiarova | 63 | 14 | / |
| Jaffear | 62 | 2 | / |
| Sophiar | 62 | 1 | / |
| Shafyor | 62 | 1 | / |
| Djafeear | 57 | 1 | / |
| Safehore | 57 | 0 | / |
| Safyorova | 53 | 15 | / |
| Chaiphiar | 53 | 1 | / |
| Chofihare | 53 | 1 | / |
| Zhafyarova | 50 | 159 | / |
Safiar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safiar in the Hindi language | ||
| सफिार | saphiara | - |
| Safiar in the Marathi language | ||
| सािफयार | saiphayara | - |
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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 Safiar
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