Safona Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Safona Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Safona Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Safona (59) may also be a first name.

Safona Last Name Facts

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

The surname Safona (Arabic: صافونا, Bengali: সফোনা, Hindi: सफोना, Russian: Сафона) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Safona? popularity and diffusion

The surname Safona is the 6,063,924th most widely held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 70 percent of Safona live; 40 percent live in Southeast Asia and 40 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Safona is also the 1,282,666th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 59 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 33,062,298. In Indonesia Safona is primarily concentrated in: West Sumatra, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Lebanon, where 20 percent are found and Russia, where 20 percent are found.

Safona Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Safona surname is predominantly Greek Orthodox (50%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

Safona Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Safona in the Bengali language
সফোনাsaphona-
Safona in the Hindi language
सफोनाsaphona-
Safona in the Russian language
Сафонаsafona-
Safona in the Arabic language
صافوناsafwna-

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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 Safona
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