Safirullah Surname

735,823rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 393 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Safirullah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Safirullah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan1981:162,3903,359
Pakistan1171:1,526,87116,479
Indonesia761:1,740,121112,888
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Safirullah (707) may also be a first name.

Safirullah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Safirullah (Hindi: सफीरुल्लाह, Marathi: सफीरुाह) occurs most in Afghanistan. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Safirullah? popularity and diffusion

The surname Safirullah is the 735,823rd most frequently used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 18,543,374 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Safirullah live; 80 percent live in South Asia and 80 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 310,684th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 707 people.

The surname Safirullah is most commonly held in Afghanistan, where it is held by 198 people, or 1 in 162,390. In Afghanistan Safirullah is most frequent in: Nangarhar, where 65 percent live, Kabul, where 17 percent live and Maidan Wardak, where 5 percent live. Besides Afghanistan it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 30 percent live and Indonesia, where 19 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Safirullah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Safirullah in the Marathi language
सफीरुाहsaphiruaha-
Safirullah in the Hindi language
सफीरुल्लाहsaphirullaha53.57
सफीरूल्लाहsaphirullaha44.64
सफिरूल्लाहsaphirullaha1.79

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Safirullah
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