Safio Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Safio Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 72 | 1:2,460,316 | 81,464 |
| Indonesia | 34 | 1:3,889,682 | 201,134 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Niger | 20 | 1:959,601 | 21,357 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Safio (14,171) may also be a first name.
Safio Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safio Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Safio (Arabic: سافيو, Marathi: साफीओ) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Safio.
How Common Is The Last Name Safio? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,403,590th most frequent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Safio live; 59 percent live in West Africa and 46 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 48,212th most frequently occurring forename world-wide It is held by 14,171 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 2,460,316. In Nigeria Safio is mostly found in: Delta, where 89 percent are found, Oyo, where 7 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 1 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 22 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Safio Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safio in the Marathi language | ||
| साफीओ | saphi'o | - |
| Safio in the Arabic language | ||
| سافيو | safyw | - |
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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 Safio
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