Safiye Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Safiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Safiye (100,942) may also be a first name.
Safiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Safiye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻔﻴﻪ, Hindi: सफिये) is most common in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Safiye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Safiye is the 3,957,383rd most numerous surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname Safiye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Safiye live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Safiye is also the 10,097th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 100,942 people.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria Safiye is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 54 percent live, Sokoto, where 38 percent live and Kaduna, where 8 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 12 percent live and Turkey, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Safiye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safiye in the Hindi language | ||
| सफिये | saphiye | - |
| Safiye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻔﻴﻪ | sfyh | 56 |
| ﺻﻔﻴﺔ | sfyt | 36 |
| ﺻﻔﻲ | sfy | 4 |
| ﺍﻟﺼﻔﻴﺔ | alsfyt | 4 |
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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 Safiye
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