Safić Surname

1,092,155th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 225 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Safić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Safić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina1271:27,8464,459
Croatia881:48,0529,301
Slovenia81:310,95916,987
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Safic (130) are calculated separately.

Safić Last Name Facts

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

The surname Safić occurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Safic. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Safić? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,092,155th most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 32,389,093 people. Safić is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Safić are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is held by 127 people, or 1 in 27,846. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Safić is mostly found in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 86 percent live and Republika Srpska, where 14 percent live. Not including Bosnia and Herzegovina this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 39 percent live and Slovenia, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Safic93130/
Sofić80879/
Sefić80591/
Safiz8022/
Džafić734,038/
Shafic73206/
Shafiz7363/
Safich7318/
Djafić7316/
Saffic732/
Saufic731/
Đžafić731/
Safaiz731/
Saifiz731/
Shafici671,131/
Saffitz6737/
Saffici6718/
Shaffic679/
Shafaiz672/
Shahfiz672/
Szafaiz671/
Shafizs671/
Shaafiz671/
Safitsh671/
Shafeci671/
Safietz670/

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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 Safić
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