Safiatu Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Safiatu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 152 | 1:136,639 | 15,295 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Safiatu (3,952) may also be a first name.
Safiatu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safiatu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Safiatu is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Safiatu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Safiatu is the 1,044,719th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 30,364,775 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Safiatu reside; 89 percent reside in Central Africa and 89 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 111,272nd most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 3,952 people.
Safiatu is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 152 people, or 1 in 136,639. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 99 percent live, Littoral Region, where 1 percent live and North Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 26 percent live and Nigeria, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safiatou | 93 | 1,393 | / |
| Shafiatu | 93 | 6 | / |
| Safihatu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Saffiatou | 88 | 9 | / |
| Shafiaatu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sofiatu | 86 | 7 | / |
| Sefiatu | 86 | 7 | / |
| Safeatu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sofiatou | 80 | 13 | / |
| Shefiatu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Safyatou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Saphiatu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shafeatu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Saphiatou | 75 | 3 | / |
| Chafiatou | 75 | 2 | / |
| Soufiatou | 75 | 2 | / |
| Soifihatou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sophiatou | 63 | 2 | / |
| Sophiathuy | 59 | 2 | / |
| Soiphiatou | 59 | 1 | / |
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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 Safiatu
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