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

The last name Safiatou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻔﻴﺔ) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Safiatou? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 277,914th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 5,231,548 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Safiatou are found; 69 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 6,925th most commonly held forename in the world. It is borne by 151,565 people.

It is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 477 people, or 1 in 43,541. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Adamawa Region, where 38 percent live, Far North Region, where 21 percent live and North Region, where 14 percent live. Aside from Cameroon it is found in 10 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 32 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 29 percent live.

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
  • 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 Safiatou
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