Safiyu Surname
Approximately 329 people bear this surname
Safiyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 321 | 1:551,847 | 26,913 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Safiyu (769) may also be a first name.
Safiyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safiyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Safiyu (Hindi: सफीयु) occurs most in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Safiyu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Safiyu is the 837,371st most commonly used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 22,150,595 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Safiyu live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Safiyu is also the 296,002nd most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 769 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 321 people, or 1 in 551,847. In Nigeria Safiyu is most frequent in: Osun, where 25 percent live, Jigawa, where 12 percent live and Zamfara, where 9 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shafiyu | 92 | 122 | / |
| Safiyou | 92 | 22 | / |
| Saafiyu | 92 | 6 | / |
| Saffiyu | 92 | 4 | / |
| Safiuyu | 92 | 3 | / |
| Safiyud | 92 | 1 | / |
| Safiyut | 92 | 1 | / |
| Saffiyus | 86 | 12 | / |
| Shafiyou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shaafiyu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sefiyu | 83 | 52 | / |
| Sofiyu | 83 | 14 | / |
| Safieu | 83 | 7 | / |
| Shefiyu | 77 | 63 | / |
| Shafiiu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Safiuiu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Shafieu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sofiyud | 77 | 1 | / |
| Safihiu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sofiyou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shaffieux | 67 | 0 | / |
| Cafijiu | 62 | 18 | / |
| Chafioiu | 57 | 2 | / |
| Shaphieu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Chaffieu | 57 | 0 | / |
Safiyu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safiyu in the Hindi language | ||
| सफीयु | saphiyu | 66.67 |
| सफीयू | saphiyu | 33.33 |
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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 Safiyu
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