Safiatou Surname

277,914th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,393 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Safiatou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Safiatou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon4771:43,5415,757
Ivory Coast4481:51,4983,138
Burkina Faso4081:44,9812,121
Niger441:436,18211,913
Chad91:1,510,2445,402
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Safiatou (151,565) may also be a first name.

Safiatou Last Name Facts

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

Safiatou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻔﻴﺔ) is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Safiatou? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 277,914th most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,231,548 people. Safiatou is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Safiatou reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 6,925th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 151,565 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 477 people, or 1 in 43,541. In Cameroon Safiatou is primarily found in: Adamawa Region, where 38 percent are found, Far North Region, where 21 percent are found and North Region, where 14 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 32 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 29 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Safiatou Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Safiatou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺻﻔﻴﺔsfyt84.21
ﺻﻔﻴﺘﻮsfytw15.79

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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
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  • 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 Safiatou
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