Safiyatu Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Safiyatu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 81 | 1:2,186,948 | 74,923 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Safiyatu (2,763) may also be a first name.
Safiyatu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safiyatu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Safiyatu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Safiyatu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Safiyatu is the 1,894,523rd most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Safiyatu reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Safiyatu is also the 138,968th most commonly occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 2,763 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 81 people, or 1 in 2,186,948. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Sokoto, where 42 percent are found, Zamfara, where 38 percent are found and Niger, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Safiyatu is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 14 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safiyatou | 94 | 196 | / |
| Shafiyatu | 94 | 1 | / |
| Safiyateu | 94 | 1 | / |
| Saffiyatou | 89 | 1 | / |
| Shafiyatou | 89 | 1 | / |
| Safiyetu | 88 | 13 | / |
| Sefiyatu | 88 | 8 | / |
| Safayatu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Shafayatu | 82 | 9 | / |
| Shafaiatu | 82 | 3 | / |
| Safiyetou | 82 | 2 | / |
| Sofiyatou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Safaihatu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Safayatou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Safaitu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Safeatu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Soufiyatou | 78 | 7 | / |
| Saphiyatou | 78 | 3 | / |
| Safouyatou | 78 | 1 | / |
| Safietou | 75 | 131 | / |
| Shafaitu | 75 | 7 | / |
| Sefeyatu | 75 | 4 | / |
| Shafeatu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sefayatu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sefiyetu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Saffietou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Soufayatou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sofietou | 63 | 1 | / |
| Soffietou | 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
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- 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 Safiyatu
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