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 last name Safiatu is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Safiatu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Safiatu? popularity and diffusion
Safiatu is the 1,044,719th most frequent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 30,364,775 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Safiatu are found; 89 percent are found in Central Africa and 89 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Safiatu is also the 111,272nd most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 3,952 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 152 people, or 1 in 136,639. In Cameroon Safiatu is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 99 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 1 percent reside and North Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 26 percent reside and Nigeria, where 10 percent reside.
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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