Safni Surname
Approximately 731 people bear this surname
Safni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 379 | 1:348,942 | 30,203 |
| Iran | 320 | 1:239,945 | 18,364 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Safni (1,223) may also be a first name.
Safni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safni Come From? nationality or country of origin
Safni (Hindi: सफनी) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Safni? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 461,659th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 9,969,283 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Safni live; 53 percent live in Southeast Asia and 53 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Safni is also the 226,269th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 1,223 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 379 people, or 1 in 348,942. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: West Sumatra, where 55 percent reside, North Sumatra, where 18 percent reside and Aceh, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Indonesia this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 44 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shafni | 91 | 390 | / |
| Saffni | 91 | 1 | / |
| Safnui | 91 | 1 | / |
| Saufnai | 83 | 15 | / |
| Shahfni | 83 | 1 | / |
| Shaffni | 83 | 1 | / |
| Shafnit | 83 | 1 | / |
| Schafni | 83 | 1 | / |
| Safna | 80 | 720 | / |
| Jafni | 80 | 123 | / |
| Sefni | 80 | 91 | / |
| Sofni | 80 | 37 | / |
| Safny | 80 | 8 | / |
| Zafni | 80 | 3 | / |
| Schafnit | 77 | 12 | / |
| Shaffnit | 77 | 6 | / |
| Shafnitt | 77 | 0 | / |
| Chafni | 73 | 822 | / |
| Safnaj | 73 | 379 | / |
| Safner | 73 | 125 | / |
| Shafna | 73 | 116 | / |
| Sofnie | 73 | 72 | / |
| Shafny | 73 | 9 | / |
| Jaffni | 73 | 8 | / |
| Djafni | 73 | 4 | / |
| Safnet | 73 | 3 | / |
| Jafnii | 73 | 1 | / |
| Scafny | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sofnis | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sofnai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jafniz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Safnaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Saphni | 73 | 1 | / |
| Safney | 73 | 0 | / |
| Safned | 73 | 0 | / |
| Schafnitt | 71 | 34 | / |
| Safinne | 67 | 701 | / |
| Shafner | 67 | 403 | / |
| Szafner | 67 | 198 | / |
| Sefinni | 67 | 87 | / |
| Saufnay | 67 | 41 | / |
| Saafneh | 67 | 29 | / |
| Saffner | 67 | 9 | / |
| Safneed | 67 | 4 | / |
| Schaffnitt | 67 | 4 | / |
| Safnett | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jschaffnit | 67 | 2 | / |
| Safneez | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shaffna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shafnaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saphnis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shafnaj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Safinna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Safynne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shadfny | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shaffny | 67 | 0 | / |
| Shofnit | 67 | 0 | / |
| Shafnee | 67 | 0 | / |
| Saffney | 67 | 0 | / |
| Schaaffnit | 67 | 0 | / |
Safni Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safni in the Hindi language | ||
| सफनी | saphani | 80 |
| साफनी | saphani | 20 |
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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 Safni
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